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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 -). ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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%. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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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