Hereditary percentage and centgener power as marks by which intraspecific selection may be guided.    From Wordnik.com.  [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference

Only the parents with the largest power in the centgener of offspring are chosen, while all others are wholly discarded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference

In some measure the members of the best centgener will manifestly be at an advantage, because they contain more fit specimens than the other groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference

If this determination of the "centgener power," as Hays calls it, should prove to be the true principle of selection, then indeed the analogy between natural and artificial selection would lose a large part of its importance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference

"centgener power" for the hereditary percentage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference