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the angiosperms is to produce sporophytes. The 

 characters which they carry appear to be wholly sporo- 

 phytic, the factors which they carry functioning only 

 after fertilization." This is a logical inference from most 

 of the data on genetics. It does not mean, however, 

 that we should leave all gametophytes out of considera- 

 tion, for active investigation of their behavior in inher- 

 itance should reveal facts of considerable theoretical 

 value. 



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3. KITE, G. S., The physical properties of the protoplasm of cer- 

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