What are the odds of an "Albino" bred to a "Het Albino" producing all Albino offspring?
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What are the odds...?
EmberBall
Aug 31, 2003 07:42 PM
Replies (3)
BallBoutique
Aug 31, 2003 07:48 PM
RandyRemington
Aug 31, 2003 10:05 PM
For albino to het each baby has a 50/50 chance of being albino or not so it works out that the chance of all albinos is the same as the chance of none. It does depend on the number of eggs though. Basically you can take the chance (0.5) times it's self the number of eggs. So with a four egg clutch the chance of all albinos or no albinos would both be:
(0.5)^4 = 6.25%
Christy Talbert
Sep 01, 2003 05:36 PM
If there are three eggs in the clutch the odds are 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 (one in eight) that the clutch will be either all albinos or all normal appearing.
Four eggs, chances are 1/16, etc.
