INHERITANCE OF WAXY ENDOSPERM IN MATZE. ii 
TABLE I11.—/nheritance of endosperm texture in 27 ears of maize, the wary X 
horny progeny of the two ears Nos. 1099 and 1111, the progeny of hybrid Dh 
234. 
Pedigree No. of— Number of seeds. 
Per- 
Parent ear and pedigree No. of Ez D=E Gents 
progeny. Self-polli-| Recipro- X-_|Devia-| ——*| 8° 0 
nated ¢.|cal cross. Total. | Waxy. | pected ideti waxy 
waxy. 
1 2 3 £ 5 6 7 8 9 
Ear No. 1099, WX X CH: 
(SRY >. ee See re 16445562 1643 Sears 506 227 253 —26 3.4 44.8 
IGG. 2. S25 ee eee H705= sei None: 230 120 115 5 98 52.2 
(SR. Sa ee ee iNones==.| 22-0 Onsea= 257 109 128 —19 3.51 42.4 
Tas) i ee sen Osccdo| sees Os550 438 220 219 1 14 u. 2 
iWi?PS 325 eR ene Eee ne a eeeaes 1633..... 1632..... 114 56 57 —1 27 49.1 
Sibahalemetaeae sae eet et ate celebs. teen 1,545 732 772 —40 3.02 47.4 
Ear No. 1111, WX X CH: 
UPS. ie Oe Re a a 1696S eee None.... 712) |, 381 356 25 Di 53.5 
UPSTL. 2 2 aa 1644.....)... domes. 286 139 143 —4 62 48.6 
TCP. oo Ed ee pe Be M700 nee = dos 611 302 305 —3 .06 49.4 
GHA ee hee WON eeallead domes 387 202 193 9 1.3 52.2 
HGil. Le 2S ee None... .|---do....- 600 283 300 —17 2. 06 47.2 
AUTH) 5 ee Re ee a a eS «> iy 2,596 | 1,307 1, 298 9 52 50. 4 
Ear No. 1099, CX XWH: 
Te hy 122. oe ess See Eee Ase See ees 1596..... 537 283 268 15 1.92 52.7 
LET ee Ge eee: Se eee None....| None.... 404 204 202 2 29 50.1 
In; 6 SE 1605..... 1604-..... 127 53 63 —10 2.63 41.7 
Peeper eee AN None....| None... 645 327 322 5 .58 50.6 
15) Qoend Bebe eee Cee ee Ge sae UG sog6 519 253 259 — 6 78 48.8 
DA Doo SARA aes ea ee DO ot ene Se 61OREE 468 221 234 —13 1.78 47.2 
TENS sue Se 2S A ae ee NGI eee None... 503 246 251 -—5 66 49.0 
ROM. wo. SO Ee Be eee | ee eee 623 eee 406 195 203 -—§8 1.17 47.8 
IBD 8 ee ee ee 16202254. UGE) 56 580 291 290 1 12 Owe 
TBP a3 SREB SSeS HEE ee ees G22 eee 1621 eee 307 187 153 34 Onn 60.8 
TEE on a Oe ee Serer ioe LOT 764 3l7 382 —5 53 49.4 
Tapa 2s We elas eaten | pte ane ials Pam fe 38/22 5,260 | 2,637 | 2,630 i 28 50.1 
Ear No. 1111, CHXWH: 
iS 2) Coe ae eee eee a, None....| 1684..... 658 329 S20) Peete cel menace 50.0 
NGG eet? ode ss ci d- oe sa io eee GSTs 1686ue el 403 205 201 4 59 50.9 
Livi 4 ak ee eee ee None....| None.. 87 45 43 2 63 Sl. 7/ 
TEL oo RES Ee See SE eel bee ee Gores: |p sdosnes 352 170 176 — 6 1.0 48.3 
Lge). 32 a ne LOl2e Secale doves 342 153 171 —18 2.89 44.7 
Abn ee oe SEE EA! be) - SATU 3 None....| 1690..... 481 224 240 —16 2.16 46.6 
LUGE) Se VSS) Te | Se ee i 29303) 1 126) | ety —=85 | arb 48.5 
Total of the above four ji 
ATE ee eet Seek i ety A 11,724 | 5,802] 5,862] —60|] 1.65 49.6 
From an examination of the crosses shown in Tables III and IV 
it is possible to determine whether the male and female gametes 
bearing waxy endosperm are produced in equal numbers. All the 
female gametes in Table III were bearing waxy endosperm, so 
that. the results obtained are the ratios prevailing in the male 
gametes. In Table IV all the male gametes were bearing waxy 
endosperm, so that the ratios here represent’ the proportion pre- 
vailing in the female gametes. 
