Table 29.—Summary of the results of thirteen generations of minus selection, based on Tables 16-28.

Generation.No. of offspring.Mean, parents.Mean, offspring.Standard deviation, parents.Standard deviation, offspring.Correlation, parents-offspring.Absolute regression of offspring on parents.Advance of parents.Advance of offspring.
151.461.00.208.515.46
2131.411.07.342.493-.033.34-.05.07
3191.561.18.196.484.206.38.15.11
4321.691.28.190.460.020.41.13.10
5701.731.41.233.500.184.32.04.13
61,251.861.56.185.488.164.30.13.15
71,682.011.73.132.352.143.28.15.17
81,722.051.80.107.283.094.25.04.07
91,592.111.92.184.285.059.19.06.12
101,452.182.01.255.242.158.17.07.09
11982.302.15.229.349.081.15.12.14
121,032.442.23.310.372.406.07.14.08
13572.502.39.177.317.235.11.06.16
Total11,704

Table 30.—Mean grade and number of offspring produced by parents of a particular grade in each generation of the minus selection series, based on Tables 16-28. The grade of the parents is indicated at the head of each column. In the body of the table is recorded the mean grade of the offspring (in light-faced figures) and the number of offspring (in heavy-faced figures).

Generation. Grade of parents; below, grade and number of their offspring. Total number of offspring.
1⅜ 1⅝ 1⅞ 2 2⅛ 2⅜ 2⅝ 2⅞ 3
1 1.34 .85 1.37 1.05
8 31 6 10 55
2 1.17 1.45 1.11 0.67 1.09 1.10
17 5 37 3 27 12 132
3 1.05 1.04 1.31 1.22 1.26 1.96
20 28 28 48 63 3 195
4 1.56 1.16 1.31 1.36 1.34 1.18 1.36
4 29 59 40 93 95 9 329
5 1.50 1.25 1.35 1.30 1.64 1.52 1.80
51 53 54 262 143 109 5 701
6 1.34 1.46 1.49 1.59 1.58 1.52 1.82
24 94 244 502 283 85 11 1,252
7 1.55 1.67 1.65 1.72 1.74 1.93 1.62 1.88 2.28 1.87
5 32 330 969 260 41 4 15 18 6 1,680
8 1.84 1.81 1.86 1.87 1.87 1.92 1.67
19 1170 377 36 30 17 6 1,726
9 1.90 1.93 1.93 1.91 2.07
811 403 148 175 53 1,591
10 1.96 2.00 2.04 2.05 2.13 2.15 1.95 2.18
478 474 217 119 67 49 27 20 1,451
11 2.08 2.15 2.13 2.16 2.21 2.20 2.26 1.95
51 183 318 268 81 52 26 5 984
12 1.98 2.14 2.15 2.11 2.24 2.32 2.45 2.51 2.65
10 118 166 230 242 137 42 53 35 1,037
13 2.22 2.35 2.40 2.47 2.55 2.43 2.50
67 170 154 108 31 26 15 571
11,704

Table 31.—Results of a first return selection from generation 6, minus series.

Grade of parents. Grade of offspring. Totals. Means. Regression.
0 ¼ ½ ¾ -1 -1¼ -1½ -1¾ -2
2 1 3 4 8 8 26 1.08 -.60
2 2 3 4 10 14 17 20 4 76 1.33 -.71
¾ 1 1 2 1 5 1.30 -.65
2 2 1 4 2 11 1.41 -.63
Totals or means, .60 2 4 6 5 16 18 28 33 6 118 1.28 -.68

Table 32.—Results of a second return selection from generation 6, minus series.

Grade of parents. Grade of offspring. Totals. Means. Regression.
0 ½ ¾ -1 -1¼ -1½
½ 1 3 4 5 2 4 19 .95 -.45