Table VI.

Distribution of minisatellite mutations between individual offspring.

Study group	No. of mutations					p
	0	1	2	3	4
Total offspring
all mutations	98	51	16	4	1	0.72
paternal mutations	112	45	11	2		0.81
maternal mutations	149	16	5			0.004
Offspring of male cancer survivors
all mutations	73	40	12	3	1	0.72
paternal mutations	85	34	8	2		0.66
maternal mutations	112	13	4			0.016
Offspring of female cancer survivors
all mutations	25	11	4	1		0.73
paternal mutations	27	11	3			0.66
maternal mutations	37	3	1			0.12

p = probability of conforming to Poisson expectations using χ²test.