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INHERITANCE IN RABBITS 



TABLE 9. 



Two of the young produced by cross 5 were mated with each other, 

 viz, 6* 437 w ^ n % 438- Their young (table 10) vary closely about the 

 mid-parental ear-length. 



TABLE 10. 



Another cross 6 mating was obtained between 9 247 and <? 248 (pro- 

 duced in cross i). The character of the young is shown in table u. 



TABLE n. 



Contrary to the result shown in table 9, the young obtained from this 

 mating all fall short of the mid-parental ear-length by from 17 to 29.5 

 mm., indicating probably conditions of nutrition below the normal, dur- 

 ing the period of principal growth of the ears, or of the transmission by 

 the parents of a condition of ear-length inferior to that which they mani- 



