OT On Marriage (From another list)

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Thank you Doctor Abatzis  :)



Julie Macfarlane
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>From: "Michael Abatzis" <abatzis2@hotmail.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: OT On Marriage (From another list)
>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:32:01 +0000
>
>heterozygous is just having 2 mismatched chromosomes, like x and y. 
>recessive/dominant refers to the expression of the genes on the 
>chromosomes; it's the end result. for example, blue eyes are a recessive 
>trait. you need 2 "blue" genes (bluejeans? :) to have blue eyes. "brown" is 
>the dominant gene; if you have only 1 "brown" gene, you have brown eyes. so 
>brown/blue=heterozygote with brown eyes (because brown is dominant), 
>brown/brown=homozygote with brown eyes, blue/blue=homozygote with blue 
>eyes. so actually, the y chromosome is dominant because it only takes 1 to 
>have "maleness" expressed (=male phenotype). and no, not all males are xy 
>and females xx. it's just that other combinations can live, but aren't 
>normal.
>
>-Michael Abatzis, finally using his college major.
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>
>>From: David Utley <mr.utility@highstream.net>
>>To: C Boyko <roccit_53@hotmail.com>
>>CC: jlagnese@massed.net, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: Re: OT On Marriage (From another list)
>>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:12:10 -0500
>>
>>Quoting C Boyko <roccit_53@hotmail.com>:
>>
>> >
>> > Why, you ask?  (Cuz' you didn't)  The female chromosone is XX, and the
>> > > > male is
>> > > > > XY.  We are recessive, not dominant...
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> > Well, you could still be either, but it's impossible for you (guys) to 
>>be
>> > heterozygous on that unmatched strip of chromosome. Is recessive 
>>better?
>>
>>No, just more likely to be rare (as I remember, but we have already seen 
>>that
>>my sources may be suspect...)
>>
>> > Depends on the gene, if it's hemophilia, I'd say no. But one more 
>>tidbit,
>> > the X chromosome is essential, you can have just one and live, though 
>>you've
>> >
>> > got a "syndrome" if you have only that without a Y or another X. There 
>>is no
>> >
>> > case of someone surviving that I'm aware of with only a Y. Not enough 
>>info
>> > on it. It codes for all that maleness stuff.
>> > Cathy
>> >
>>
>>I thought that if you were male, you HAD to be XY, and female HAD to be XX
>>('cept for K.D. Lang)...  This is not the case?
>>
>>And remind me, what exactly doe heterozygous mean?
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>David Utley
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