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INHERITANCE OF WAXY ENDOSPERM IN MAIZE. 
TABLE XXX VII.—Correlation between the endosperm texture and the aleurone 
color of 23 ears of maize, the progeny of ear No. 1111 of the third generation 
of the hybrid Dh 234. 
WHITE WAxy X COLORED HORNY. 
Pedigree No. of— Number of seeds. 
Corre- | Prob- 
’ lation, | able 
Progeny ear. Gers eeRTG. Total. | WX. | WH. | cx. | cH, |W+| error. 
1 2 3 4 5 6 q 8 9 10 
LGAS 5 ORR 2 ere ee GOS aR Se None 712 179 166 202 165 |—0. 062 0. 049 
Gp lees eke CEE ree br eas: HEQ42 hy ewe e Gow 286 77 72 62 75 .128 . 078 
IGP 2S aL Se Ss WOO Eee creel es do..... 611 142 140 160 169 . 035 . 068 
GE GS ree Bes a gee = USS aa55e\laee doles 387 97 80 105 105 . 098 . 068 
ROGUE en ee een ne INOTO@S es ee Gdoe-ee 600 155 155 128 162 -119 055 
ITO Galles cok Se oy att aetrcrertie ons eee 2,596 650 613 657 676 044 026 
COLORED WAXY X WHITE HORNY. 
GTB 25S Gee een ee eee | NGS TeRb o.o4 | 1686. .... 403 105 101 100 97 | 0.005 0. 067 
GO taser ne ee ees ot None ..| None 87 20 20 25 22 |— .064 .144 
Ota eereerer er Pee Ne ae yeti 490 125 121 125 119 |— .009 . 061 
WHITE HORNY X COLORED WAXY. 
GSO) ee ds st | All waxy. None.... 448 110 95 126 117 | 0.040 0. 064 
NGSG Ae. eS eee oe 8 GOnee=t 1665220" 370 90 89 108 83 |— .125 .071 
RO Gale Bere ta ee ee WR i ee ce Re eK, 818 200 184 234 200 |— .036 . 047 
COLORED HORNY X WHITE WAXY. 
GOs Seco ewddas aoe eoeoe All waxy..}| None 393 95 96 117 85 |—0. 164 0. 067 
Ll AO eS se ek Se eee NAG Oss Lee doz 511 126 126 119 140 - O81 . 060 
17S eee Soe ae BEGORE Bae eal oe dos: 192 51 53 49 39 |— .350 .078 
AEDES: (Ore a ec eek BASSE .-do. dora s 458 114 106 126 112 |— .022 . 085 
ZARB Baa aOR ee a ene 220: dose 181 56 42 38 45 aa . 096 
ZS) Cae eee A eee pad owe. dole 179 57 41 37 44 |— .246 . 096 
7/1 Sees eU aA Aa ee .-do. Obese 561 36 150 151 124 .147 . 056 
NE: Sa eran SP Rs FEGOLE do..... 304 168 81 73 82 |— .029 .077 
AD Hee oA Sa voets cider le we CORgsesee| tee do..... 290 77 73 76 64 |— .060 .079 
AMOR LS 5 ah Me OE SAAS Se a LE ea eS 3, 069 780 768 786 735 |— .024 . 024 
As no correlation was found on the second-generation ears of this 
hybrid, none was to be expected on the third-generation ears. Fifty- 
five ears were obtained, representing many combinations. With the 
possible exception of two ears, Nos. 1564 (Table XXXVI) and 1704 
(Table XX XVII), no correlations were obtained. The individual 
ears shown in these tables are so arranged that the ears resulting 
