LUTHER BURBANK 



itance as just noted in the following formula: 



Parent "D" being mated with parent "d," the 

 offspring, whether few or many, bear in each in- 

 dividual case in their germ plasm the factors "D" 

 and "d" in combination. But if two of these otf- 

 spring are interbred, there will be a splitting up 

 of the factors and re-combination in such wise that 

 in any average group of four of their progeny the 

 result will be this : One member that is pure dom- 

 inant (DD), two members that are mixed dom- 

 inants (Dd), and one member Ihat is pure re- 

 cessive (dd) . The DD individual is "homozygous" 

 for dominant factors and will breed true to black- 

 ness. The dd individual is homozygous for the 

 recessive factors and will breed true to whiteness. 

 The two Dd individuals are heterozygous for the 

 color factors, and whereas they are individually 

 black their offspring will repeat the formala 1 DD 

 ■j- 2 Dd -}- 1 dd; they will reproduce, in other 

 words, the conditions of the second filial genera- 

 tion itself as just analyzed. 



Let me re-state all this, using only the letters, 

 to show the convenience of the formula and at the 

 same time to fix it in memory: D mated with d 

 in the first generation gives us t>d -\- Dd -\- Dd, 

 etc., in the second generation. Dd mated with Dd 

 gives us in the third generation IDD -j- 2Dd + 

 Idd. 



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