Hi Paul,



The point of the coin toss example is that we as humans naturally think of events as having connections.



If we go back to the original problem, and we crossed the F1 generation that are Aa for any independent trait, the expected outcome would be a mix of 1:2:1 where, if there were let us say, 20 offspring, 5 would be expected to be recessives, and 15 would be phenotypic wild types. Of the wild types, 10 would be expected to be hetro and 5 would be expected to be homo. So, if I were to choose any of the wild type offspring and ask myself the question “What are the chances of that one snake being homo for the trait that we are looking at?”, the answer would be 1 in 4. The fact that we know what some of the snakes are does not change the odds from the original event for any of the unknowns.



I hope that is clear. How do you get 66% from a single trait F1 cross?

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• The 66% Het Problem - Elaphefan, Thu Jul 7 22:14:27 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - Paul Hollander, Sat Jul 9 15:14:33 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - Paul Hollander, Sat Jul 9 15:29:24 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - Elaphefan, Mon Jul 11 17:36:01 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - Paul Hollander, Tue Jul 12 12:08:09 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - Elaphefan, Tue Jul 12 21:20:37 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - Paul Hollander, Wed Jul 13 12:29:32 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - metalpest, Wed Sep 21 12:00:59 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - guttersnacks, Fri Sep 30 14:13:37 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - Paul Hollander, Sat Oct 1 18:16:32 2005
• RE: The 66% Het Problem - metalpest, Sat Oct 1 18:44:40 2005
• Nah, works like this.... - chris jones, Mon Oct 3 14:54:01 2005