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Numbers of offspring with paternal minisatellite mutations in families with two or more offspring.
| Family size | Number of families | Number of offspring with mutations (expected*) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 offspring | 48 | 24 (20.9) | 18 (21.5) | 6 (5.5) | ||
| 3 offspring | 8 | 4 (2.3) | 3 (3.6) | 1 (0.3) | ||
| 4 offspring | 2 | 0 (0.37) | 1 (0.78) | 0 (0.6) | 0 (0.21) | 1 (0.03) |
expected values based on binomial distribution
