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>“The distance from the aurochs to the Pajuna cattle from Spain is just 0.12 percent, so there is more than a 98 percent overlap.” Is that a math error? 100%-0
by Thorrez 5y ago
>“The distance from the aurochs to the Pajuna cattle from Spain is just 0.12 percent, so there is more than a 98 percent overlap.”
Is that a math error? 100%-0.12% = 99.88%. Should it have said "more than a 99% overlap" or "more than a 99.8% overlap"? I guess more than 98% overlap is still technically true.
- snthpy 5y agoCame here to say the same thing.
- shmageggy 5y agoLooking up "genetic distance" it seems there are many different measures, all seemingly expressing something more sophisticated than raw overlap. Perhaps the .12% is referring to something like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixation_index https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixation_index
- gilrain 5y agoYou are assuming you know what “distance” means in this context, and appear to have decided it means the same as mathematical subtraction. You are likely mistaken.