28 Pi-arl and Bar tie tt, The Meudelian Inheritance of Certain etc. 



vation to behave as distinct unit characters. The analytical data of 

 the present paper support this conclusion. 



4. The bearing of these results on certain general problems is 

 discussed . 



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