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About Sophia Jane
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I can answer basic questions related to heritable diseases, and moderate level questions regarding genetics and biology in general. Please, no questions on what your future children will look like. I will happily answer questions regarding the inheritance of hair or eye colour, genetic diseases, genetic traits, etc..., but anything phrased as "I look like X and my partner look like Y; what will our baby look like?" will be sent to the question pool.

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BA (biological) anthropology, UC Berkeley.

   

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question on dominant traits2/3/2010Sophia Jane
  Q: I am doing research for a paper on dominant traits and I have a question I hope you can help me ...
  A: Adena. For the situation you described, the short answer is that the layman's idea of racial ...
OMG! EYE COLOR!12/22/2009Sophia Jane
  Q: Ok, My husband has a son from a previous relationship. The ex wife and whole family have blue eyes ...
  A: Eye colour inheritance is usaully demonstrated using very simplistic pungent square examples, but in ...
Cloning12/18/2009Sophia Jane
  Q: If someone made a clone of themselves would all the physical traits be exactly the same or would ...
  A: That's a great question! The short answer is that yes, everything would be the same. The long ...
genetics12/17/2009Sophia Jane
  Q: what is the proper race name for a child that came from a black father and a white mother.thank you
  A: Racial classifications are largely social constructs, not a true science. There is no definitive ...
eye color11/13/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: Recently I heard that 2 brown-eyed people can not have a child with blue eyes. I have also heard ...
  A: Your right to be confused having heard so much contradictory advise! Thank you very much for the ...
Cleft chins on newborns.11/11/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: I'm 6 months pregnant with a boy. My boyfriend has a cleft chin, though neither of his parents have ...
  A: Yes it is entirely possible. There are two genes responsible for a cleft chin. One of those genes ...
DNA11/7/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: Either by observation or testing, does DNA give any indication of the passage of time?
  A: Fantastic question! There isn't actually a correct answer as of yet, still highly debated. ...
Chin dimple & rolling tounges11/6/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: We had a daughter who has a chin dimple (as does my hiusband). He is under the impression that all ...
  A: I can understand where the doubt is coming from and this is a much asked question. Firstly, ...
question please11/3/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: I have a quick question can DNA tests for paternity ever be wrong? Assuming no tampering,expert ...
  A: I'm trying hard not to reach any conclusions on whom is telling the truth ect and I'm a little ...
Question on clif chins11/3/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: My boyfriend and I had a baby with a clif chin.He said it is not possible that my son is his because ...
  A: To obtain a cleft chin, there are two genes required. One of those genes codes for the proteins that ...
skin tone11/3/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: i am having my 3rd baby with my husband. we don't know if its a girl or boy yet. but we keep ...
  A: Hey Alecia, Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to predict any characteristic of your baby, ...
Cofused about brown/brown eyes haveing a blue eyed baby11/1/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: Ok so ive been searching everywhere for an answer to this question can a person who has brown eye ( ...
  A: I understand your confusion! Eye colour is actually controlled by at least 6 different genes. The ...
what will our baby girl look like??10/31/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: hello im 7 months pregnant i hav dirty blonde straight hair with greenish blue eyes and fair skin my ...
  A: It really is impossible to determine the characteristics of an unborn child. This is because any ...
eye color10/30/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: I am pregnant and hoping that our child will get my blue eyes, not that my husbands brown aren't ...
  A: Hey Erin, You're right that it is the luck of the draw! Unfortunately, eye colour is determined ...
question please10/29/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: I have a quick question can DNA tests for paternity ever be wrong? Assuming no tampering,expert ...
  A: Its a difficult situation however, mosaic twins are not only extremely rare but will still have some ...
eye colouring10/29/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: if a mother and father both have blue eyes is it possible for there baby to have brown eyes or ...
  A: Eye colour is determined by more than one gene so it doesn't automatically follow that their baby ...
question please10/28/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: I have a quick question can DNA tests for paternity ever be wrong? Assuming no tampering,expert ...
  A: There are two situations to consider in paternity tests relating to accuracy. In a situation where ...
balanced translocation and cancer10/27/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: I was wondering if there was an increase in incidence of ALL in patients with the t(5;14) balanced ...
  A: There has been growing evidence of a link between ALL and the t(5;14) balanced translocation for ...
Twins!!10/26/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: My twin is male an he has two kids but they are not twins. My father is a identical twin as well as ...
  A: It is almost impossible to determine whether you're going to have twins or not or whether they would ...
Is this possible?10/24/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: Okay my boyfriends parents are mexican but his mom is light skinned, brown hair, and brown ...
  A: This is perhaps the most interesting side of genetics for most people. Inheritance of genetic ...
Evolutionary genetic mutation10/23/2009Darren Raffety
  Q: My understanding of evolutionary change is that it relies on mutations to occur, these more ...
  A: Hey Jason, Thanks for a very in depth question! Your correct in your assessment that, in most ...
Blood group5/13/2009Sophia Jane
  Q: I am O+ and my husband is B+. What blood type will our baby be? Can you please explain? Thank you.
  A: Geetha. Blood type is determined by the blood group (A, B, AB, or O) and the rhesus factor (+ or ...
Chances of having twins5/12/2009Sophia Jane
  Q: I was wondering if you could tell me what the chance is of me having twins. I am a fraternal twin. ...
  A: Kellie. Wow, you must have a big family, with all those twins running around! :-) You're right to ...
DNA and heredity4/16/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: I am a 4th grader doing a project on DNA, as part of it I need to interview an expert in the field. ...
  A: There is a gene to inherit pigment (colour). Blue eyes is not having any pigment. So whether you ...
Help me figure out whats in my gene pool with such mixed backgrounds4/7/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: I've always found this dominate and recessive gene subject very intresting! Especially coming from a ...
  A: There is a lot of European genes in the Brazilian gene pool and there are fair and blue eyed ...
probability of blue eyed son to 2 brown eyed parents4/4/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: I am a Mexican American with 9 siblings, both parents,aunts, uncles and grand parents having dark ...
  A: If there is no blue eyed genes in your background, then there is a greater likelyhood the child ...
Genetic difference between sexual partners3/16/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: my question applies to male-female couple within the same species (e.g. Homo sapiens). Imagine that ...
  A: Other than physical barriers (ex. a small chihuahua trying to mate with a giant Great Dane), I don't ...
gene mutations2/28/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: How can a gene mutation that is in every cell in the human body only affect one part of the body, ...
  A: If you think about it, every single cell in a human body contains the same information. But, not ...
Question about my genotype?2/28/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: I was wondering about my genotype because I'm a bit confused on the inheritance of a certain gene... ...
  A: I do not know all the complexities of hair colour inheritance in humans, as you can tell, it is ...
BABY HAIR COLOR2/26/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: I KNOW THAT GENETICS ARE A CRAP SHOOT, BUT I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE MOST PROBABLE OUTCOME WOULD BE ...
  A: Red being recessive can hide for many generations. Many other colours are recessive as well. You ...
Hair2/25/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: Does stress turn your hair grey? I am doing a science research essay and this is my subject. Oh ...
  A: Genetics does play a big factor in when or if you turn grey. To my knowledge there isn't any ...
ear lobe, gentics2/12/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: my son has loose ear lobes but both myself and the potential father both have attached. is this ...
  A: It's hard for me to tell from your statement whether or not you think their might be a potential ...
mendelian genetics2/9/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: I do have another question which i think i am on the right track! 3. Suppose that a husband and ...
  A: I haven't done this type of probability questions in ages. The answer isn't 50/50. There would be ...
Race determination2/8/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: If father is black and mother is of another color is that child consider black? Or if father is ...
  A: My knowledge is that skin colour alone certainly isn't what determines racial identity. I teach a ...
how is a protein made?2/5/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: I have to write an essay on how a protein is made starting with the role of DNA. Also which enzymes ...
  A: The major components to protein production are 1) transcription of the DNA in the nucleus 2) post ...
DNA Etc.1/30/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: I have been taking more interest in science lately than I did when I was at school and I wonder if I ...
  A: The number of base pairs and the sequences of base pairs differ from species to species. So what ...
Mieosis1/29/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: what is the difference between trisomy and triploidy?
  A: Trisomy is one extra chromosome of a pair. For example trisomy 21 results in Down Syndrome and is ...
Stem Cells1/9/2009Terri Bergan
  Q: I am having alot of trouble with some of these questiond on Stem Cells. I would love it if you could ...
  A: These are homework style questions. I will help you with the first one then you need to use that ...
chromosones12/31/2008Terri Bergan
  Q: My friend has a newborn son who the doctors say that his 1st and 3rd chromosones are switched. What ...
  A: This is a little vague as I'm not exactly sure what is meant by "switched". It's possible that they ...
fraternal twins?12/25/2008Terri Bergan
  Q: My husband is a fraternal twin, how likely is it for me to have twins? Would they be fraternal too ...
  A: Fraternal twins results from the female ovulating more than one egg during her mentstrual cycle. It ...

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