DILUTION EFFECTS IN CERTAIN EYE COLORS 449 



White-eosin compound heterozygous for pink 



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The color of the white-eosin compound female was not reduced 

 by heterozygosity for pink: 



p eosin pink 9 X w^ p — X w^ p 

 ' white cT X w P P 



White-eosin compound heterozygous for vermilion 



Daughters of the above composition were obtained from 

 the cross of eosin female by white vermilion males. Both sons 

 (102) and daughters (87) exhibited the regular color for the eosin 

 male. 



White-eosin compound heterozygous for vermilion and pink 



To find out whether the color of the white-eosin compound 

 could be diluted by being made heterozygous for both vermilion 

 and pink, such females were prepared by mating eosin females 

 to white vermilion pink males as below : 



