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The pool of shared behaviors, (d), acts as a single dominant d-gene. 

 Where R represents the rank of the animal in terms of the degree of reten- 

 tion of dominant d-genes, that is how closely it expresses the ideal proto- 

 type manner of behaving, S'-'^^ and S'-"^ may be calculated by Eqs. (92) 

 and (93) utilizing the above probabilities of dominant and recessive 

 d-genes. 



(4/1 + 4/2 + 4/3 + 4/4) = 8.33 

 (4/2 + 4/3 + 4/4) = 4.33 



(4/3 + 4/4) = 2.33 



(4/4) = 1.00 



Then 



^R=4 



16.00 = 4A^ 



Restatement of the concept of behavioral c?-genes in the context of a 

 hypothetical example of their relationship to the origin of the various 

 stimulus-evoking capacities and of velocity, v, will assist in clarifying the 

 relationships. As described in Section XIII, B, 5, a the members of an es- 

 tablished group may be ranked in terms of the degree to which deviation 

 has developed from the ideal prototype. This ideal prototype will always 

 be that individual characterized by the least absolute deviation. There will 

 be A^ — 1 degrees of deviation in a group of N individuals. 



Let: 



Ai, 

 Then: 



S2, •••, Sn-1 represent the characterization of an individual by 1, 



2, ■ ■ • , N — 1 degrees of deviation 

 A2, • • • , A.v_i represent the absence of de\'iations 5i, 82, • • • , 5.v_i 



5i = recessive d-gene a 



82 — di = recessive d-gene b 



8;i — 82 = recessive rf-gene c 

 etc. 



And 



Then 



(A^/2) 



