What's the difference between octoroon and quadroon?

Octoroon


Definition:

  • (n.) The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.

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Quadroon


Definition:

  • (n.) The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.

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  • (1) Thus, in the lethal mutants those parts of the body are affected for which independent viable mutations have been previously described in the omb locus, such as optomotor-blind, bifid, and Quadroon.
  • (2) The gene has previously been mapped in chromomeres 4C5-6, together with three other genes, bifid, Quadroon and lacqueredgls.
  • (3) In addition they have only rudimentary wings as well as a Quadroon-like abdominal pigmentation.
  • (4) In its distal part the omb gene overlaps in at least 19 kb with four other complementation units, bifid, l(1)bifid, Quadroon and lacqueredgls.
  • (5) Mutations in l(1)omb also fail to complement viable mutations of three seemingly unrelated functions in this region: bifid (bi), manifesting defective wings, Quadroon (Qd), a semi-dominant mutation expressing abnormal tergite pigmentation, and In(1)ombH31, giving rise to a normal external morphology but with discrete defects in the optic lobes and behavior.

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