Genetics/Questions Answered by Expert Sophia Jane
| Subject | Date Asked |
| abdomen | 1/4/2011 |
| Q: I am slowly losing weight with a low fat low calorie diet and cardio. The fat seems to be coming off ... A: First, congratulations on your efforts! They're apparently paying off and hopefully you're feeling ... | |
| question on dominant traits | 2/3/2010 |
| 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! | 12/22/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| Cloning | 12/18/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| genetics | 12/17/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| Blood group | 5/13/2009 |
| 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 twins | 5/12/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| physical features and genetics | 4/11/2008 |
| 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 type | 4/3/2008 |
| 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 disorders | 3/13/2008 |
| 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 ethnicities | 3/8/2008 |
| 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 Fathers | 3/5/2008 |
| 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%. ... | |
| Genetics | 3/4/2008 |
| 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 Class | 3/3/2008 |
| 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 testing | 3/3/2008 |
| 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? | 3/1/2008 |
| 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 types | 2/29/2008 |
| 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 twins | 2/25/2008 |
| 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 mtDNA | 2/24/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| hello | 2/21/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| Genetics | 2/20/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| Genetics | 2/13/2008 |
| 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... | 2/12/2008 |
| 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 genetics | 2/12/2008 |
| 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 color | 2/10/2008 |
| 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 colour | 2/8/2008 |
| 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 teeth | 2/7/2008 |
| 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 teeth | 2/7/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
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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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