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War die obige Annahme richtig, so mussten sich an den Hybriden Keim- und Pollenzellen von den Formen AB, Ab, aB, ab entwickeln, und es wurden verbunden:
1. Die Keim­zel­len AB, Ab, aB, ab mit den Pol­len­zel­len AB.
2. AB, Ab, aB, ab ab.
3. AB AB, Ab, aB, ab.
4. ab AB, Ab, aB, ab.
If the above assumption was correct then germ- and pollen cells of the forms AB, Ab, aB, ab had to develop on the hybrids, and there were conjoined:
1. The germ cells AB, Ab, aB, ab with the pol­len cells AB.
2. AB, Ab, aB, ab ab.
3. AB AB, Ab, aB, ab.
4. ab AB, Ab, aB, ab.

It is here that Mendel explicitly transfers his distinction of macroscopic forms to the microscopic level. The same symbols that were used in the preceding to distinguish plant forms are here used to distinguish “forms” of gametes.

forms = Formen See p. 3, s. 8.

assumption = Annahme Bateson has “theory”. Mendel refers to p. 24, s. 8.

on the hybrids = an den Hybriden See p. 10, s. 10.

conjoined = verbunden See p. 10, s. 14.

germ cells = Keimzellen See p. 24, s. 4.

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