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For coloured flowers are dominant to white, and tallness is dominant to dwarfness.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall

A given gamete could carry tallness or dwarfness, but not both.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall

Mendel applied his analytic method to such things as the colour of the pea, the smooth or wrinkled character of the skin which covered it, its dwarfness or height, and so on.

From Science and Morals and Other Essays by Windle, Bertram Coghill Alan, Sir

In certain characters, such as dwarfness of stature, hairiness, &c., the species from the most distant mountains frequently resemble each other,—a kind of analogy like that for instance of the succulency of most desert plants.

From The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

If we are to get the effect of dwarfness, we must be sure that the stock is itself really dwarf.

From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)