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INHERITANCE OF SOME CHARACTERS IN WHEAT. 



Table XL 



The F 2 generation of crosses between a three factor red and 



white parents. 



It will be seen that three distinct kinds of splitting were obtained 

 and that the numbers point to the 3 : 1, 15 : 1 and 63 : 1 ratios. 

 The 15 : 1 ratio was obtained in all the crosses in which Punjab Type 

 9 was one of the parents thereby indicating the existence of two red 

 factors in the grain colour. The 63 : 1 ratio was observed in all 



