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Originally Posted by concretegurl  LOL! I wasn't talking about In utero! I was talking about recessive genes...if you look at the cause effect of the genetics that cause a vestigial tail then ye it's an off the wall reference but the residual continual growth of it instead of the "reabsobtion" you'd see the similar correlation in example...both are the result of a recessive genes...well gene gene polymorphism-an abnormal structuralism of the genes (which is recessive)...you could stretch it to compare both to an anomaly. I'm sorry you didn't understand that. |
Actually, you are missing the whole definition of what a recessive gene is. It has nothing to do with the relative strength of a gene and whether or not it is "turned on" (expressed) or "turned off" (supressed) by other genes. Recessive and Dominant refers to whether it is expressed in the homozygous or heterozygous configuration. A gene that is expressed in the heterozygous configuration (inherited from one side, but not the other, Aa or the homozygous AA) is said to be dominant. One that can only be exhibited in the homozygous (inherited from both sides, aa) is recessive.
So, for the purposes of this discussion, the presence and resorption of a vestigial tail does not pertain.