Siblings as backups

From: Steve Witham (sw@tiac.net)
Date: Sat Aug 16 1997 - 20:53:23 MDT


>On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Anton Sherwood wrote:
>
>> Philip Witham (any relation to Steve?)

Phil apparently responded:

>Yes. (Average genetic match for siblings is 25%, I believe,

50%, Phil! If you look at any given chromosome,

     I get Dad's I get Mom's
       Match no match You get Dad's
      no match Match You get Mom's

So we have a 50% chance of a match on each one.

>but our memetic match is probably over 50%) :-)

Hey, it's better than chance!

 --Steve

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"These blues ain't nothin' like the blues I had
 before I paid a little debt I owed.
 When I get these blues I just look back down that road."
   --Jimmy Dale Gilmore


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