Since the beginning of human history, people have wondered how traits are inherited from one generation to the next. Although children often look more like one parent than the other, most offspring seem to be a blend of the characteristics of both parents. Centuries of breeding of domestic plants and animals had shown that useful traits _ speed in horses, strength in oxen, and larger fruits in crops _ can be accentuated by controlled mating. However, there was no scientific way to predict the outcome of cross between two particular parents.

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