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"DZ" <22514@32146772.1613719812.10314.17424.19347>the
>data from the experiment. The table is in
> Russian (http://www.pcr-rus.com/article.html). Although the sample
> sizes were moderate 44, 45, 33, the second column says that these
> three groups were the offspring of only 4 (no soy), 4 (GM soy), and 3
> (non-GM soy) rats (i.e. 11 rats split into 3 groups gave birth in
> total).
>
> Thus, these results are likely to be accounted for by the variation in
> maternal and genetic effects resulted from the very small pool of
> mothers. In population genetics, this is referred to as the effect of
> genetic drift. The smaller is the population of breeders, the larger
> are the deviations in various trait values in the offspring, due to
> the random sampling of breeders.
>
> I wouldn't get too excited about these results yet.
Actually I wouldn't get excited at all.. sample size of mothers is way too
small to say anything.
Thanks for posting the link.
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