Mom vs. Dad: What Did You Inherit?
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It’s easy to feel like you’re an even mix of your parents, but that’s not always the case. So, who should you be blaming over those traits you don’t like? What did you inherit from Mom and what came from Dad? Colour-blind? If you’re a male, you can thank your mother. Red-green colour blindness is an X-linked disorder that affects nearly 6% of the male population worldwide, but only 0.4% of females. This is because males only inherit one X chromosome, which is from their mother, and that’s where red-green colorblindness comes from. If you’re a female, you have to get a the X-variant from both parents. So that 0.4% can blame dad as well! Balding? A big component comes from the X-chromosome here too, so you likely inherited this from your m...
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It’s easy to feel like you’re an even mix of your parents, but that’s not always the case. So, who should you be blaming over those traits you don’t like? What did you inherit from Mom and what came from Dad? Colour-blind? If you’re a male, you can thank your mother. Red-green colour blindness is an X-linked disorder that affects nearly 6% of the male population worldwide, but only 0.4% of females. This is because males only inherit one X chromosome, which is from their mother, and that’s where red-green colorblindness comes from. If you’re a female, you have to get a the X-variant from both parents. So that 0.4% can blame dad as well! Balding? A big component comes from the X-chromosome here too, so you likely inherited this from your m...
