Who's who on Mount Olympus: Bayesian solutions.
The computation of genetic risk in the highly endogamous family of an ancient greek god and goddess has been published in this journal as a pleasant puzzle (Ropartz, 1985 and appendix 1). This calculation was assumed to be direct and straightforward. However, a Bayesian computation taking in account most of the available information of the risk is possible. Four solutions of this quiz are given. These solutions illustrate the different strategies which can be followed when facing actual genetic problems.
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Service de Biochimie Génétique, ICGM, CHU Cochin-Port-Royal, Paris, France.
D001499:Bayes Theorem; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D009229:Mythology; D010375:Pedigree