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mouse), white Angora rabbit and Belgian hare rabbit 

 (with progeny hke wild rabbit), — 

 A X B yields r (AB) 



4. The hybrids may be quite different from either parent, 

 " with a character of their own " — e.g. Andalusian 

 fowl, — 



A X B yields C 



Fig. 41.— Varieties of Wheat. (After R. H. Biffen.) 



A, Rivet: B, Polish; C, The liybrid Rivet x Polish, intermediate in laxness and 

 glume length between its parents. 



5. The hybrids may exhibit the (dominant) characters of 

 one parent, the (recessive) characters of the other 

 parent remaining latent ; this is the first step in Men- 

 delian inheritance, — 



A X B yields A(B) 

 It has been stated in some cases, — (i) that the hybrid shows 



