cH. IV l'RKSP:i\Cl^ & ABSKNXK TllKORV 



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mice, and c\c colour in man arc but a few examples 

 of the diversity of characters which all follow the 

 same law^ (jf transmission. .And as time went on 

 man\' cases which at first seemed to fall without the 

 scheme have been LiradualK' brou'dit into line in the 



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liijht of fuller knowledge. Some of these will be 



I-'k;. 2. 



A wintr fciUliei' and a<:i)iili)ur fcatlicr of an oidinary ami a silky fowl. The peiuliar 

 ra;4j;e(l appL-araiice Dttlie silky iL-alln-MS is iliie Id the al)>ciice of iho little hooks 

 or l)ail)iilc> which hultl the bai hs lo.v^elhcr. The ^ilkj- coiulitimi is recessive. 



dealt with in the succeeding;' chapters of this book. 

 Meanwhile we mav concern ourseUes with the siiiLrlc 

 modification of Mendel's original views which has 

 arisen out of more ample knowledL^e. 



As we have already seen, Mendel considered that 

 in the gamete there was either a definite somethini; 

 correspondini^ to the dominant character or a definite 

 somethini;" correspondiuL; to the recessive character, 



