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. 2007 Oct;177(2):917–926. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.076893

TABLE 2.

Pigmentation phenotypes in consecutive broods of black Amazons lines I and II

wt/sp
Fem no. Litter one Litter two Litter three Litter four Litter five Litter six Litter seven Litter eight Litter nine All Total χ2 k(sp) k − 0.5 Result
Line I
1 1/8 5/2 2/2 3/1 7/4 12/3 18/3 7/3 9/2 64/28 92 14.1 0.304 −0.196 Under
2 2/5 1/6 1/5 4/16 20 7.2 0.800 0.300 Over
3 0/3 0/3 5/3 5/9 14 1.1 0.643 0.143
4 2/3 1/7 1/3 1/5 5/18 23 7.3 0.783 0.283 Over
5 1/1 0/3 0/8 1/4 2/16 18 10.9 0.889 0.389 Over
6 0/5 3/4 3/9 12 3.0 0.750 0.250
7 0/2 0/11 1/10 1/6 3/2 1/0 6/1 12/32 44 9.1 0.727 0.227 Over
8 0/2 0/9 3/20 13/11 13/9 29/51 80 6.1 0.638 0.138 Over
9 0/1 3/14 3/15 18 8.0 0.833 0.333 Over
10 0/5 0/9 2/8 3/6 1/1 6/29 35 15.1 0.829 0.329 Over
11 0/4 0/9 1/0 1/1 2/14 16 9.0 0.875 0.375 Over
12 3/5 1/1 4/6 10 0.4 0.600 0.100
13 4/5 2/0 4/2 1/2 12/3 8/0 31/12 43 8.4 0.279 −0.221 Under
14 0/3 3/1 1/2 4/6 10 0.4 0.600 0.100
15 3/4 2/2 5/6 11 0.1 0.545 0.045
16 0/3 0/4 4/6 4/5 8/18 26 3.9 0.692 0.192 Over
17 4/9 4/9 9/0 4/0 5/0 26/18 44 1.5 0.409 −0.091
18 5/0 3/4 5/3 8/8 6/8 27/23 50 0.3 0.460 −0.040
19 0/3 1/3 1/6 2/6 0/4 4/22 26 12.5 0.846 0.346 Over
20 1/3 5/4 6/2 6/4 18/13 31 0.0 0.419 −0.081
21 0/2 0/9 3/9 2/9 4/5 3/3 7/4 19/41 60 0.7 0.683 0.183 Over
22 8/16 10/18 8/3 3/1 29/38 67 1.2 0.567 0.067
23 0/2 3/2 1/1 4/5 9 0.1 0.556 0.056
24 1/0 3/1 2/1 6/1 12/3 15 5.4 0.200 −0.300 Under
25 6/4 5/0 9/1 1/3 21/8 29 5.8 0.276 −0.224 Under
All 41/98 55/135 69/95 60/73 51/36 24/6 31/8 7/3 9/2
Total 139 190 164 133 87 30 39 10 11
χ2 23.4 33.7 4.1 1.3 2.6 10.8 13.6 1.6 4.5
k(sp) 0.705 0.711 0.579 0.549 0.414 0.200 0.205 0.300 0.182
k − 0.5 0.205 0.211 0.079 0.049 −0.086 −0.300 −0.295 −0.200 −0.318
Result Over Over Over Random Random Under Under Randoma Under
wt/sp
Fem no. Litter one Litter two Litter three Litter four Litter five All Total χ2 k(sp) k − 0.5 Result
Line II
1 2/11 0/4 2/15 17 9.9 0.882 0.382 Over
2 0/5 0/3 0/8 8 3.0b 1.000 0.500
3 0/1 0/6 1/4 1/3 1/1 3/15 18 8.0 0.833 0.333
4 0/5 1/5 1/10 11 7.4 0.909 0.409 Over
5 0/1 0/7 0/1 0/9 9 4.4b 1.000 0.500 Over
6 2/6 2/11 4/17 21 8.0 0.810 0.310 Over
7 0/8 1/7 4/11 0/11 2/14 7/51 58 33.4 0.879 0.379 Over
8 0/1 0/5 3/3 2/5 5/14 19 4.3 0.737 0.237 Over
9 0/5 1/8 1/3 2/3 0/5 4/24 28 14.3 0.857 0.357 Over
10 2/6 1/5 2/22 5/33 38 20.6 0.868 0.368 Over
11 1/1 0/2 1/3 4 No statistical test because of low sample size
12 0/6 0/6 2/16 1/13 0/13 3/54 57 45.6 0.947 0.447 Over
13 0/5 0/7 0/8 0/3 0/23 23 13.6b 1.000 0.500 Over
14 0/3 0/5 0/8 8 3.0b 1.000 0.500
15 1/5 0/10 0/7 0/14 0/2 1/38 39 35.1 0.974 0.474 Over
All 8/69 6/91 13/75 6/52 3/35
Total 77 97 88 58 38
χ2 48.3 74.5 43.7 36.5 27.0
k(sp) 0.896 0.938 0.852 0.897 0.921
k − 0.5 0.396 0.438 0.352 0.397 0.421
Result Over Over Over Over Over

wt, wild type pigmented; sp, spotted; over, overtransmission; under, undertransmission; underlined, statistically significant (significant deviation from a 50% transmission rate).

a

Not significant because of low sample numbers.

b

Fisher test was used.