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recessives produced hybrids and recessives in equal 

 numbers. The actual numbers produced by mating 

 hybrids and albinos were 378 hybrids and 368 albinos. 

 The following list of families, which were the first 

 ten raised, will give some idea of the distribution of 

 recessives over the families. The largest family in 

 the whole experiment in which no recessives occurred 

 was one which consisted of six hybrids. 



