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1. Versuch. Unter 565 Pflanzen, welche aus runden Samen der ersten Generation gezogen wurden, brachten 193 wieder nur runde Samen und blieben demnach in diesem Merkmale constant; 372 aber gaben runde und kantige Samen zugleich, in dem Verhältnisse 3 : 1.
1st trial: Among 565 plants which were reared from round seeds of the first generation, 193 brought forth only round seeds again and thus remained constant in this trait; but 372 gave round and angular seeds at the same time, in the proportion 3 : 1.

The manuscript has a colon after Versuch, which we have reintroduced in our translation, although Mendel did not correct this in his off-print.

1st trial = 1. Versuch Mendel retains the numbering of character pairs introduced in Section 3; see p. 8, s. 1ff.

trial = Versuch See p. 3, s. 6.

first generation = ersten Generation Refers to what we would call F2 today (see p. 12, s. 3).

constant = constante See p. 5, s. 5.

proportion = Verhältniss See p. 3, s. 8.

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