48 REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE ON GENETICS. 
very much taller than the taller parent and had purple flowers, being, 
therefore, a reversion both in height and colour. 
Dominant and recessive characteristics in fowls’ combs were brought 
out in a series of crosses made by Mr. Bateson and Mr. Punnett, and 
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the Mendelian principles of inheritance were further illustrated by experi- 
ments upon the plumage colour of Rosecomb bantams and Andalusian 
fowls, as well as upon the colour of the down in game bantams. 
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