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sion and to its paradoxical consequences in regard to the nature 

 of evolution: "Are we prepared to stake so much upon the 

 correctness of a single hypothesis of allelomorph ism and 

 dominance " ? Are we not invited " to strain at a gnat and to 

 swallow a camel "? Nevertheless, in our turn, we will by no 

 means under-rate the value of genetic research, and we 

 hope with Prof. Bateson that it will contribute an appreciable 

 quota towards an ampler theory of evolution than is provided 

 by the older schemes which he, for one, will no longer accept 

 as gospel. 



