136 EVOLUTION 



characters be of tfr<* pnrp pnrer* fl 1 

 coseuentl ...p.afl..hp of 



opjppsite plifl.rfl.pfpr* that when such pure 



arp nm'fprl in fprfilign.firm 



S formed and their osterity are_ 



ll taint, ^f fhp prosg; that there 

 may be, in short, perfect or almost perfect 

 discontinuity between these germs in respect 

 of one of each pair of opposite characters." 



HCli { g i c\ pfl^ r)f 1 1] p sp f?Tfl/^fl ^ ^ ^^ ^>f the rlnrr^j^p^f 



nnrl the 



sets of ^erm-pe}ls is the ess^np.e ^f Mendelian 



Before passing from this important and 

 fascinating subject, w^e may emphasize two 

 points. There is pr> f^jVjfcf.y in 



thfit, SigPTn to be non-Men.delia.Ti rrmv tmn 

 1 rllgm 1 1 SPY! hy f h P. rnrn - 



Pk 



Oi P n fl.rfl.pf.prs fl.n rl Q v 



Yj4r^t 4fi vullprl inromplft^ d^T 11 ] 11 ^ 110 ^ but 

 there is no mistaking the phenomena of 

 Mendelian inheritance in their typical ex- 

 pression. The certainty of the matter is 

 evident from the success with which the 

 principle has already been used in prediction 

 and in practice. On the other_ 

 are 



blend, and do not conform to th^ M>?nrHinn 



