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Author Topic:   The Nature Of Traits
coffee_addict
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Message 5 of 11 (143378)
09-20-2004 4:38 PM
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09-20-2004 12:08 PM


mtw writes:
Haha, I wish I had that trait..which got me thinking, will his kids then have this trait if it helped them to survive? Let us pretend fast cycling would help survive for example, would his offspring necessarily have the trat? Just a thought anyway.
It depends if the allele responsible for the trait is dominant or recessive. But yes, if a dictator rises and wants to castrate everyone that doesn't have long thighs, then the children that happen to inherit this trait will survive.

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coffee_addict
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Message 8 of 11 (143444)
09-20-2004 6:14 PM
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09-20-2004 6:00 PM


Hahaha. I'd call that a tragedy.

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