Rother P, Wendler D, Bochmann C
Gegenbaurs Morphol Jahrb. 1983;129(2):227-34.
The aim of the paper was to show that accurate morphological statements can be made with the help of simple concepts of the theory of probability. Binomial distribution was used to find out whether the number of male and female births in large families was random or whether a particular disposition to boys/girls was to be assumed. It was found that the relation was random as a rule. A second question was that of the connection between a number of simultaneous variations and deformities. After the injection of trypan blue, combined deformities were studies in rats and found to be independent of each other, i.e. all had been directly caused by trypan blue.
本文的目的是表明，借助概率理论的简单概念可以做出准确的形态学陈述。使用二项分布来确定大家庭中男女生育的数量是随机的，还是要假定存在对男孩/女孩的特定倾向。结果发现，通常这种关系是随机的。第二个问题是一些同时出现的变异与畸形之间的联系。注射台盼蓝后，对大鼠的合并畸形进行了研究，发现它们彼此独立，即所有畸形都是由台盼蓝直接引起的。
