text_original: [Illustration: Fig. 3. A wheat flower with the chaff opened to show the stamens and the stigmas] Perhaps the best way of describing the bearing of Mendel's Laws on the improvement of wheat is to give an illustration from the work carried out by Biffen at Cambridge, dealing at first with simple characters obvious to anyone. In one of his first experiments two varieties of wheat were crossed with each other. The one variety possessed long loose beardless ears, the other short dense bearded ears.
text_transcription: ATION PERHAPS THE BEST WAY OF DESCRIBING THE BEARING OF MENDEL'S LAWS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF WHEAT IS TO GIVE AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE WORK CARRIED OUT BY BIFFAN AT CAMBRIDGE DEALING AT FIRST WITH SIMPLE CHARACTERS OBVIOUS TO ANY ONE IN ONE OF HIS FIRST EXPERIMENTS TWO VARIETIES OF WHEAT WERE CROSSED WITH EACH OTHER THE ONE VARIETY POSSESSED LONG LOOSE BEARDLESS EARS THE OTHER SHORT DENSE BEARDED EARS
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