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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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physical features and genetics4/11/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: My husband is Iranian with dark features (black hair, dark eyes, and brownish/tan skin. I am Irish ...
  A: Eileen. While the majority of people of Middle Eastern and Central Asian descent have dark ...
Baby's Blood type4/3/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: My wife is A+ & I am O+. What blood type will our baby be and how is this determined? Can you ...
  A: Carl. Blood type is determined by the blood group (A, B, AB, or O) and the rhesus factor (+ or -). ...
genetic-type disorders3/13/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: for variety of reasons, i suspect i fall into a category of having a mild case autism spectrum ...
  A: Raf. Oftentimes Asperger Syndrome or cases of high-functioning autism go undiagnosed; the afflicted ...
mixing ethnicities3/8/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: If a Caucasian person had children with anyone of a different ethnicity, is there any chance at all ...
  A: Brian. A child of a mixed-race union shares both of it's parents genes. However, some phenotypic ...
Children of Identical Twin Fathers3/5/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: Are cousins, whose fathers are identical twins, closer genetically than cousins whose dads are ...
  A: Frank. Ordinary siblings share 50% of their genes, while identical twins share practically 100%. ...
Genetics3/4/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: If two pairs of identical twins, a male pair and female pair have children would the offspring look ...
  A: Jodie. The offspring would look similar, but not identical. In fact, they would look about as ...
Human Gentics Class3/3/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: ..PpSs x ppSS is? I can't figure it out. What is the final outcome!?!? Thanks! :)
  A: Alicia. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by final outcome--are there phenotypes associated with ...
blood testing3/3/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: i am b+ and the father is B+ what would the child be? what if i am bo+ and the father is ab+ then ...
  A: Crystal. Whether or not two B+ individuals will have a child with blood type B+ depends on if your ...
What will the Gender be?3/1/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: In my family, I have 17 female cousins and 7 aunts from my moms side of the family , and I have 11 ...
  A: Kevin. Unfortunately there is no way to foretell the probability of what sex your child will be. ...
blood types2/29/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: Can 2 0+ parents make a+ and a o+ children?
  A: Marianne. Blood type is determined by the blood group (A, B, AB, or O) and the rhesus factor (+ or ...
if i will have a set of twins2/25/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: i am a twin myself and i am about 5' 11". I don't think i should go and have a doctor put eggs in ...
  A: Kelly. Fertility drugs are one possible way of having multiple births, although no one can ...
triggering mtDNA2/24/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: This is a hypothetical question. Is the following scenario possible? Is there any know case? A ...
  A: Kim--it's a very good question, in fact. Yes, this can indeed happen. For example, I recently read ...
hello2/21/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: the subjects i m taking in school are chemistry, physics and biology. i want to become a geneticist, ...
  A: Sara. More than likely, you will need physics to satisfy the academic requirements of any undergrad ...
Genetics2/20/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: I'm having a baby and I was curious to know the eye and hair color. I have dark red hair, blue eyes ...
  A: Megan, your child an be a redhead if your partner has the recessive alleles for red hair. Whether ...
Genetics2/13/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: Where do we get our height from? Can we know how tall or short our children are going to be?
  A: Heddi. Height is controlled by genetics and environmental factors, with genetics usually playing a ...
one more thing...2/12/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: ..sorry forgot to tag on my last question---how do red hair and green eyes formulate? is it just a ...
  A: Eye colour is based on concentration of a special type of melanin found in the iris called ...
fun question about genetics2/12/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: I just have a fun curious question about the likelyhood of traits our baby will receive from us. ...
  A: Kristin. Based on the pedigree you listed, your child will have a 50% of having blue eyes, and a ...
hair color2/10/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: ACCORDING TO GENETICS IS IT POSSIBLE FOR TWO BLONDE PARENTS TO PRODUCE A BROWN HAIRED CHILD?
  A: Jackiee. The short answer is "yes". Hair color is a function of pigment concentration. There are ...
Baby hair and eye colour2/8/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: My partner and I are expecting a little one.... We're interested to find out what hair and eye ...
  A: Dave. Based on the given info, it seems that your genotype for eye colour is Bb and that of your ...
Wisdom teeth2/7/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: I have small teeth and did not have wisdom teeth (I consider myself lucky). I wore braces, so ...
  A: Donna, sorry I don't have any information on inheritance patterns for wisdom teeth. The best I can ...
Wisdom teeth2/7/2008Sophia Jane
  Q: I have small teeth and did not have wisdom teeth (I consider myself lucky). I wore braces, so ...
  A: Donna, thanks for the question. Wisdom teeth are really just a third pair of molars. Some people ...
Chromosome Mapping1/11/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: Is it possible to differentiate between a "bad chromosome" and a good chromosome by comparing the ...
  A: From my knowledge, it is only detectable that there are serious problems with a chromosome when it ...
dominant vs. recessive1/10/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: I am 7 months pregnant and curious to know what traits my daughter will take on. I have brown hair, ...
  A: but the only question I found was "but how can blonde hair and blue eyes ever be dominant?" .. ...
real brother?1/9/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: Is it possible for two light skinned color parents to have a darker skinned colored son I am the ...
  A: He may possess a gene that switched his melanin (skin pigment) genes on more than you and your other ...
eye and hair color1/8/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: My mom has green eyes, my dad blue, and I have all blue and green eyes siblings but I have brown ...
  A: If you can see blue eyes in any of your partners family - cousins included, then he may be carrying ...
Dna1/8/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: can you insert an animals dna into a person???? if so how and what would happen?? reply asap
  A: DNA insertion is not as simple as chucking DNA in and see what happens. Even in people, incorrectly ...
one red hair1/7/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: Okay, now this is weird... I have black hair and I am Asian, however I have a single red hair on my ...
  A: It is a bit like asking why a certain hair falls off before another. as far as I know it could be a ...
Red hair1/7/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: i would appreciate your opinion on this one!I have red hair-very red when i was younger but it has ...
  A: From what you have given me, I would say that there is a greater probability of auburn or strawberry ...
Baby Hair Colour1/7/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: Not sure whether you can help, I am due to give birth in 9 weeks and was wondering whether you could ...
  A: It really helps. The gene for red hair is recessive and you have a lot of brown haired (dominant) ...
half breeds1/6/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: this is a question that i have been thinking about for awhile, if a man and woman who are both half ...
  A: My short answer to this is, have you seen any? There are many eurasians and other 'half breeds' that ...
baby predictions1/6/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: I have black hair, hazel/green eyes, fair skin. Husband has brown hair, green eyes, olive skin. ...
  A: This is a common question, but unfortunately I cannot just spit out a simple answer for you. There ...
red hair vs blonde1/5/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: If both parents have red hair; is it possible for their offspring to be true blond (not ...
  A: If both parents a red haired, they must have all the red haired alleles which are all recessive. ...
wot my baby could look like....1/5/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: ..if you can help me that would be great...thanks... my partners parents are of indian decent..dark ...
  A: but I am not a computer program. im sure there is a website here that you could throw all of that ...
Blue eyes can have a baby with brown eyes?1/3/2008Nicholas Morphew
  Q: I have been told that to have blue eyes you have to have both genes as blue. So if both parents have ...
  A: To display true blue eyes you must possess both blue eye alleles. If both parents have blue eyes ...
color eyes for my baby12/21/2007Nicholas Morphew
  Q: my baby is a week old and of course i still don't know what color are her eyes , they look very ...
  A: Eye colour along with many human traits are defined by two or more combinations of genes. Because we ...
Genetic body type?12/19/2007Nicholas Morphew
  Q: I am 48,in very good health,no issues except for sleep apnea for which I am on a CPAP and the usual ...
  A: I appreciate your time in asking my opinion in regards to your situation. I think we are in a ...
Genetic Disorders12/18/2007Nicholas Morphew
  Q: ok i know that you have 23 chromosomes if you are born with 1 less you have down syndrome and you ...
  A: Humans actually have two types of chromosomes that constitute the 46 chromosomes - 22 pairs of ...
hair colour of my baby12/18/2007Nicholas Morphew
  Q: I am just wondering what the chances are of my baby having ginger hair? My mum had very ginger hair ...
  A: Red hair has interesting roots.. genetic roots that is! I'll give you a little run down on how ...
genetics12/17/2007Nicholas Morphew
  Q: My child has blue eyes with very pale skin. The man I believed to be her biological father has blue ...
  A: This is irrelevant. You have brown eyes yet your daughter is displaying phenotypic blue eyes. You ...
genetics12/17/2007Nicholas Morphew
  Q: My child has blue eyes with very pale skin. The man I believed to be her biological father has blue ...
  A: The situation here is somewhat clouded and difficult to give you a clear cut answer. Hair colour and ...

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