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one because it recedes, as it were, for one generation, 

 but reappears in the next. 



The dominant and recessive members of the five 

 pairs of characters which we have dealt with are 

 shown in the following table : — 



The Mendelian phenomenon {see the Frontispiece) 

 can now be described in general terms. 



The result of crossing an individual bearing a 

 dominant character with one bearing a recessive 

 character are hybrids bearing the dominant character. 

 These constitute the first hybrid generation. The 

 second hybrid generation consists both of individuals* 

 bearing the dominant character and of individualsf 

 bearing the recessive character, in the ratio of three 

 dominants to one recessive in every four, on the 

 average. Of these dominants one is a pure 

 dominant, and will produce only dominants. The 



* Sometimes called dominants for brevity, 

 t Sometimes called recessives for brevity. 



