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rwoodyer
at Tue Apr 12 15:42:00 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rwoodyer ]
>>What I am talking about is actual chances, not mathmatical probability which is different."
There is no difference between probability and actual chances. If you had 100 babies from this cross, about 25 would be supers, about 50 would be pastels, and about 25 would be normal.
>> "An example is if there was no super pastel 75% of the babies would be pastel. So you have a 75% chance of getting a pastel and a 25% chance that one of those babies will have the additional pastel gene making it a super."
This is also incorrect, you have a 33% chance that those with one pastel gene with also have the other pastel gene. (1/3 of pastels are supers). It is not necessarily true that you would get 1:2:1 anymore than 0:3:1 or 0:2:2. With only 4 eggs you could get any combination including 4 supers. These are all possibilities.
So to make things clear without any confusion, it is much easier to say 25% super, 25% pastel, and 25% normal, these are your actual chances (whether or not you hit them is a different story).
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RE: Correction: What you are missing is..... - rwoodyer, Tue Apr 12 15:42:00 2005