INHERITANCE OF WAXY ENDOSPERM IN MAIZE. oh 
zygous for the color factor & (Table XXXII). These 20 ears had 
a total of 12,394 seeds with a correlation of 0.769-0.006 between 
colored aleurone and horny endosperm. The lowest correlation se- 
cured in any individual ear was 0.697-+0.385, which is certainly a 
significant correlation. 
The correlation for the combined seeds of these 20 ears was a very 
close approximation of the 0.766 expected on the assumption that the 
correlation is the result of a 3-1-1-3 reduplication in the gametes. 
One ear, No, 1128, has a correlation exceeding the expected 0.766 by 
3.8 times the probable error, but the remaining ears are exceptionally 
close approximations of the 3-1-1-3 coupling, and with 20 ears one 
such deviation is not surprising. | 
TABLE XX XII.—Correlation between the endosperm texture and the aleurone 
color of self-pollinated and pure-seeded ears of maize having approximately 
25 per cent of the seeds white in the second generation of the hybrid Dh 237. 
(Lines bracketed together in pairs indicate ears borne on the same plant; ears selected for planting are 
designated by an asterisk (*).] 
Pedigree No. of— Number of seeds. Percentage of— 
Progeny ear. eae Motal es (ten | WV Ee nO exGe cH, |W+X.) error. Waxy.| White. 
1 2 8 4 5 6 q 8 9 10 11 
IPI as a None 647 74 74 65 434 | 0.741 | 0.032 21.4 22.8 
ITO a RE do 672 94 77 63 438 789 | .026 23.3 25.4 
12ers Secaeta Self. 837 129 112 72 524 786 | .023 24.0] 28.7 
hy eee Seeene ors 1125 723 102 88 75 458 751 | .027 24.4} 26.2 
Lege eat a tietta Self. .... 319 46 23 34 216 868 | .027 25.0 21.6 
iI IBAE) heal ela Al Aloe au Ne 102 87 78 480 .766 | .026 24.1 25.1 
eT. Soe een nie Ee 7AL 96 92 59 494 794 | .025 21.0 25.3 
HIS 2 0 ore ers, Self. ore. 575 80 80 54 361 739 | .033 23.3 27.8 
ii iB 2 esha Meter hp do 758 104 71 83 500 798 | .024 24.6 23.0 
[SNe ley he ge do.. 627 83 83 52 409 774| .029 | 21.5 26.4 
135) ee a 113765 615 104 71 72 368 764 | .028 28.6 28.4 
Si eLearn Solftee. 740 125 80 68 467 829 | .023 2610) |) Nome 
[Steeped pe Ciel anh Uc 548 70 58 70 350 715 | .037 25.1 23.3 
Mes a osc Soleo 712 89 71 76 476 VTA 027 23.2 22.5 
[ EGE ee Ba 174 634 85 79 76 394 697 | .035 25.4 25.9 
Masters ie Ai Self.2ii¢ 472 60 59 45 308 .749 | .036 | 25.2 25.2 
(7 aE Sm | do 485 63 BT 47 318 .759 | .036 23. 6 24.7 
HBS PND do B15 59 68 59 389 .702 | 039 20.5 22.1 
Tee eee Oy eae le do 625 82 57 67 419 .799 | .030 23.8 22.2 
if Sa 0 do 342 58 40 32 212 818 | .031 26.3 28.6 
Total 27/11 | OE 12,394} 1,705 | 1,427] 1,247] 8,015 .769 | .0064| 23.8 25.3 
Since the hybrid Dh 234 with the gametic composition Crh ChH 
did not show a correlation between endosperm texture and aleurone 
color and the hybrid Dh 237 with the gametic composition chh CRH 
did show a correlation, we can assume that the correlation is between 
the color factor ( and endosperm texture. Additional evidence that 
the correlation is between a factor for color and endosperm texture 
is obtained from the self-pollinated ears of the hybrid Dh 287 that 
