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although not necessarily so, that is, they may have 

 the same phenotypical constitution, but their geno- 

 typical composition is always different. 



8. THE IDENTIFICATION OF A HETEROZYGOTE 



"Homozygote" and " heterozygote " are terms then 

 descriptive solely of the genotypical constitution of 

 organisms, and, as has been said, it is not always 

 possible to distinguish one from the other by inspec- 

 tion, although it may frequently be done, as will be 

 pointed out later. The onj^suwway to ^idgnttfy a 

 heterozygote is by breeding to a recessive and observing 

 the kind of offspring produced. 



Peas of the formulae TT and T(t), for example, 

 both look alike, since a single determiner for the tall 

 character, T 9 is sufficient to produce complete tallness. 

 When, howpwr 1 f.hMft two kinds of tall peas_ are 

 each bred to a recessive dwarf pea, of the formula ft, 

 the progeny will differ distinctly in the two cases v as 

 follows : 



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Case I. T + T X t + t = 100 per cent T(t). 

 Case II. T + t X t + 't = 50 per cent T(f) + 50 per cent it. 



That is, if the dominant to be tested is homozygous 

 (Case I), the entire progeny will exhibit the dominant 

 .character, but if the dominant to be tested is heterozy- 

 gous (Case II), then only one half of the progeny will 

 show the character in question. 



9. THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE HYPOTHESIS 



Mendel's conception that every dominant character 

 is paired with a recessive alternative is now being 



