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PEDIGREE, descents. A succession of degrees from the origin; it is the state of the family as far as regards the relationship of the different members, their births, marriages and deaths; this term is applied to persons or families, who trace their origin or descent.
2. On account of the difficulty of proving in the ordinary manner by living witnesses, facts which occurred in remote times, hearsay evidence (q.v.) has been admitted to prove a pedigree. 1 Phil. Ev. 186; 1 Stark. Ev. 55; 10 Serg. & Rawle, 383; 2 Supp. to Ves. jr. 110; 8 Com. Dig. 583 1 Pet. 337; 6 Pet., 81; 13 Pet. 209 1 Wheat. 6; 3 Wash. C. C. R. 243; 4 Wash.C.C.R.186; 3Bouv.Inst.n. 3067. Vide Descent; Line.

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The remainder of the pedigree selection and strain evaluation process for the WS EGT procedure was the same as described above for the CS EGT.

Early generation testing in upland cotton

It is recommended that it be introduced into breeding programs by crossing with elite inbreds followed by modified pedigree selection.

Registration of maize germplasm line GEMS-0002

Tamcot 22 was derived by hybridization and pedigree selection at Weslaco, TX, and initially evaluated for production in south Texas.