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===Abilities and breeding===
===Abilities and breeding===
The mechanics of which Ability is acquired upon hatching a [[Pokémon egg]] (in instances when a hatched Pokémon may have one of two Abilities) varies from game to game. In all games up to and including {{game|Black and White|s}}, a Pokémon hatched from an {{pkmn|Egg}} has a 50% chance of acquiring either Ability. However, starting from {{game|Black and White|s|4=2}}, there is an 80% chance of the resulting offspring having the same "slotted" Ability as its mother and hence a 20% chance of the other Ability being passed down.
The mechanics of which Ability is acquired upon hatching a [[Pokémon egg]] (in instances when a hatched Pokémon may have one of two Abilities) varies from game to game. In all games up to and including {{game|Black and White|s}}, a Pokémon hatched from an {{pkmn|Egg}} has a 50% chance of acquiring either Ability.
 
However, starting from {{game|Black and White|s|4=2}}, there is an 80% chance of the resulting offspring having the same "slotted" Ability as its mother and hence a 20% chance of the other Ability being passed down. This might be a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA Mitochondrial DNA] which, in most species, is inherited solely from the mother.


==List of Abilities==
==List of Abilities==
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