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resulted from a mutation of the male genes received from their 
father, cannot be definitely decided, but further experiments are in 
progress to test the possibility that the eggs of hermaphrodites 
can carry hermaphroditism and may therefore sometimes transmit 
it to their offspring. The evidence thus far is against their doing 
so to any considerable extent. 
CASE X 
CROSSES BETWEEN FEMALES AND THEIR HERMAPHRODITE SIBS IN A FAMILY PRO- 
DUCED BY CROSSING HERMAPHRODITE AND MALE 
Pedigree no. Result 
BOF ac ele Sih Seis Sie eee ace ae | 
QQ20G i ye a tee 29>: QUtt 
BOO ee, fue ee a es 462: 308:14 
OOGLt foros cee 309:17% 
BED ee ee ak va eee 322: 16% 
LOCAL ee ee 1279:738:26 
These are crosses in which the same 2 hermaphrodites of o8116, 
discussed in case IX, were used as the pollen parents in crosses with 
i tg i 
| 
0 (Mutant) St 
bo J 
Q fe) (Mutant ? ) 
= fe) : St (Mutant) 
73 = 
Fic. 11.—Model pedigree for case X 
