Usually, we inherit genes from each of our parent in fairly equal measures. However, there are now approximately 20 reported cases of children inheriting almost all of their genes from a single parent.
Usually, we inherit genes from each of our parent in fairly equal measures. However, there are now approximately 20 reported cases of children inheriting almost all of their genes from a single parent.
Doesn’t seem to work. Is this it
http://www.frontlinegenomics.com/news/24652/rare-case-of-daughters-genome-made-up-almost-entirely-of-fathers-genes/
“You are your fathers daughter” comes to mind.
Trigger warning: This article requires the suspension of your disbelief in only two genders.
Because? I read preponderance of genes from a parent to a “daughter,” not to a chimera. Which new gender did you have in mind?
Life follows …er art:
I’ve Written a Letter to Daddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNwzfjNkz-0
Interesting but “Rare” might just need an adjective to go with it, as in “extremely rare”.
No explanation or speculation about why it seems to affect mostly female children ….
And there is this statement:
“However, having two copies of the same gene isn’t always ideal, especially in the case of recessive disorders. This explains why every case reported excepted one, has resulted in cancer.”
Which is an odd statement (“This explains why……..cancer.”) and raises a whole new set of questions because it doesn’t really explain it in this case. Do clones have more cancer?
I took my degree in biology a looooong time ago. Progress in genetics has been significant since but I can’t help but note that the answer to how organic life came to be is still no closer than it was then.
Genetics is not settled science.
I would guess that in order for such a child to be male, it would have to start with a Y chromosome, which would result in the final genome absent the X chromosome entirely, which I would also guess is biologically unviable. So, it would only work if the starting point included an X chromosome. So, only females.
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All this talk about genders is triggering me. Are you saying that on a genetic level there are only two genders?