MATHEMATICAL CONSIDERATIONS 



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homozygous or completely heterozygous individual in the 

 early generations will become very much less. 



TABLE II 



The Theoretical Ntimbeb and Ratio op Individtjals in the Ciasses of 



DiFPEKENT Degrees op Het'erozygosity, After Recombination, 



WHEN Fifteen Mendbijzing Units Are iNVOLviaj. 



As an example, in Table II there is shown the theoreti- 

 cal classification of the progeny of a self -fertilized organ- 

 ism which is assumed to be heterozygous with respect to 

 15 independent Mendelizing units. It can be seen that the 

 bulk of the individuals lie between classes 6 and 11, 

 where none of the members is heterozygous for more 

 than 10 or less than 5 factors. In other words, any indi- 



