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INHERITANCE 



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The three ears with horny and waxy seeds produced 

 these classes in the expected 3 : 1 ratio. The numbers are 

 given in Table II. 



Four of the five ears that produced horny and sweet 

 seeds were also as close as could be expected to the 3:1 

 ratio. The fifth, however, Ped. 1965, with 249 seeds, had 

 only 19 sweet seeds or 7.6 per cent. The numbers are 

 given in Table III. The only explanation that can be 



TABLE III 



offered in connection with this exceptional ear is that 

 suggested for the occurrence of the two all sweet ears 

 among those grown from seeds classed as horny, namely, 

 the existence of sweet seeds which failed to show a 



