Table 3.
The frequency, percentage, and distribution of big-toe length with respect to parental combination
| Parents big-toe length combinations | Total number of offspring (%) |
Male offspring |
Female offspring |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBT | SBT | Total | LBT | SBT | Total | LBT | SBT | Total | |
| Long big-toe length in both parents | 52 (81) | 12 (19) | 64 (47) | 24 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 34 |
| Expected outcome (if long big-toe length is dominant) | 48 | 16 | |||||||
| Expected outcome (if short big-toe length is dominant) | 0 | 64 | |||||||
| Short big-toe length in both parents | 3 (18) | 14 (82) | 17 (13) | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Expected outcome (if long big-toe length is dominant) | 0 | 17 | |||||||
| Expected outcome (if short big-toe length is dominant) | 4.25 | 12.75 | |||||||
| Long in father and short in mother | 15 (60) | 10 (40) | 25 (19) | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Expected outcome (if long big-toe length is dominant) | 18.75 | 6.25 | |||||||
| Expected outcome (if short big-toe length is dominant) | 6.25 | 18.75 | |||||||
| Short in father and long in mother | 14 (48) | 15 (52) | 29 (21) | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Expected outcome (if long big-toe length is dominant) | 14.5 | 14.5 | |||||||
| Expected outcome (if short big-toe length is dominant) | 14.5 | 14.5 | |||||||
| Total | 84 (62) | 51 (38) | 135 | 39 | 29 | 68 | 45 | 22 | 67 |
LBT: Longer big toe; SBT: Shorter big toe