384 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF INHERITANCE 



Japanese waltzing mouse (with progeny like wild 

 mouse), white Angora rabbit and Belgian hare rabbit 

 (with progeny like wild rabbit), — 

 A x B yields r (AB) 



4. The hybrids may be quite different from either parent, 



" with a character of their own " — e.g. Andalusian 



fowl, — 



A x B yields C 





Fig. 41.— Varieties of Wheat. (After R. H. Biffen.) 



A, Rivet; B, Polish; C, The hybrid Rivet X Polish, intermediate in laxness and 

 glume length between its parents. 



5. The hybrids may exhibit the (dominant) characters of 

 one parent, the (recessive) characters of the other 

 parent remaining latent ; this is the first step in Men- 

 delian inheritance, — 



A x B yields A(B) 





