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| eye color | 11/13/2009 |
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 ...
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| Cleft chins on newborns. | 11/11/2009 |
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 ...
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| DNA | 11/7/2009 |
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. ...
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| Chin dimple & rolling tounges | 11/6/2009 |
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, ...
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| question please | 11/3/2009 |
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 ...
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| Question on clif chins | 11/3/2009 |
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 ...
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| skin tone | 11/3/2009 |
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, ...
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| Cofused about brown/brown eyes haveing a blue eyed baby | 11/1/2009 |
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 ...
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| what will our baby girl look like?? | 10/31/2009 |
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 ...
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| eye color | 10/30/2009 |
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 ...
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| question please | 10/29/2009 |
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 ...
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| eye colouring | 10/29/2009 |
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 ...
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| question please | 10/28/2009 |
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 ...
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| balanced translocation and cancer | 10/27/2009 |
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 ...
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| Twins!! | 10/26/2009 |
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 ...
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| Is this possible? | 10/24/2009 |
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 ...
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| Evolutionary genetic mutation | 10/23/2009 |
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 ...
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