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of the whites are without it. For this something, whatever it 

 may be, we use the term factor, and it is with respect to these 

 factors that we term the gamete " pure." Whether these 

 factors are really permanent and indivisible without losing 

 their distinctive properties, in the sense that chemical mole- 

 cules are permanent and indivisible, or whether they can 



FIG. 3. Diagram showing the result of mating^a heterozygous black 

 with the recessive white. Equal numbers of black' and white chicks are 

 produced, and all of the blacks are heterozygous. 



be fractionated, is a question on which, at present, there 

 is a difference of opinion, as we shall see later. For the 

 moment we will assume that they are definite indivisible 

 entities. 



We spoke of the first-cross Rosecombs as forming only 

 gametes of the two parental types, and in this particular case 

 it is true. But every breeder knows that when first-cross 

 animals are bred together, however pure the parental strains 

 may have been, the progeny are usually exceedingly diverse. 



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