MENDEL'S LAW 



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characters like color and albinism, a gamete is able to trans- 

 mit only one, its nature being simplex. 



Accordingly a female hybrid will transmit the character, 

 color (C), in half its eggs, and the contrasted character, al- 



Fig. 30a. Diagram to explain the inheritance of color (C) and albinism (c) in the 



cross shown in Figs. 27-30. 



binism (c), in half its eggs. A male hybrid will also transmit 

 color (C) in half its sperm, and albinism (c) in the other half. 



