Quote Originally Posted by wolfy-hound
How many spider hatchlings would have to be produced out of how many clutchs to say a spider was a homozygous spider? 100% spider hatchlings out of how many clutches? At what stage do you say tentatively that it is, or might be?
Just wondering for personal reasons,
wolfy
If I hatched out a single 100% spider clutch, I would start wondering, especially if it was a larger clutch, say 5 or more. If the next clutch was 100% spiders, I'd be thinking, "I may have a homozygous spider here!" 3rd clutch 100% - I'm thinking "I bet this guy/girl is homozygous!!!" 4th clutch - At this point I'm probably convinced. Would I tell people I'm absolutely sure? Nope. It can't be proven. An increasingly higher probability yes, but not proven.

Steve