John Edser wrote:
>>JE:-
>>"Wierd"? Dr O'Hara is not correct.
>>The HW distribution is just a binomial
>>distribution derived from Pascale's
>>Triangle.
> 
> 
> BOH:-
> Sorry, John, but there's simply no such thing as the "HW distribution"
> in the Hardy-Weinberg law.  If I'm wrong, then please correct me by
> pointing to the literature which places the "HW
distribution" in the H-W
> law.
> 
> JE:-
> Pedantic nonsense.
> Do you deny or confirm that HW “law”
> only represents a binomial _distribution_
> of the alleles concerned so the HW “law”
> is actually just a binomial distribution
> of  alleles, i.e. HW “law” only represents
> a defined _zero_ state re: any _significant_
> bias of a binomial distribution of the
> alleles concerned?
> 
Clearly not: (1) H-W is deterministic, there is no distribution, (2) 
the binomial distribution only has two classes of events: "success" and 
"failure".  H-W has three: two homozygotes and a heterozygote.

Bob

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