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Knudde (Shab)
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Crazy?
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31/01/2003
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26th February, 2006 at 19:50:23 -
I've accepted the fact that I was going to be bald since I was old enough to realize that it was going to happen to me at a young age. I was about 8 when I realized this, so I've had some time to "prepare" or actually not care. I'm just gonna enjoy it while I have it.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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-_darkman_-
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06/12/2002
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360
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26th February, 2006 at 23:16:22 -
Phizzy,how am I a sucker?
If most people had a choice between hair and no hair, they'd choose to keep it.
Hows taking one tablet a day to maintain your hair so bad?
I'm bad to the bone
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-_darkman_-
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27th February, 2006 at 01:22:43 -
Bugger....was directing that comment at Noodle..
I'm bad to the bone
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Spork
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24/08/2003
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88
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27th February, 2006 at 04:39:26 -
Yes, Noodle, you are right. Pete's mom does have the baldness gene if her genotype is xX. However, that means that she is a carrier. In order for a woman to be affected by a sex-linked trait, they need two recessive genes. So for her to be bald she'd have to be homozygous recessive (xx). No, he would not have a 1/2 chance, because Pete's possible genotypes would be: Xx, xx, XY, and xY. xY appears once out of four possible outcomes. I think you are referring to a pedigree about the tree.
If intelligence is bliss, why aren't there more happy people? 
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Pete Nattress
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23/09/2002
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27th February, 2006 at 15:04:52 -
Oh God!
For the record, Noodle, my mum isn't bald.
www.thenatflap.co.uk
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Matt Boothman
The Nissan Micra of forum members
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20/09/2002
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27th February, 2006 at 20:08:10 -
I don't understand. Why is there X, x and Y? Shouldn't it be just X and x? Where does Y come into it?
Anyway, I still think Pete's gonna go bald.
http://soundcloud.com/normbo - Listen to my music.
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Pete Nattress
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23/09/2002
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27th February, 2006 at 22:51:48 -
You bastard.
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Spork
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24/08/2003
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28th February, 2006 at 00:47:03 -
The Y chromosome decides the sex of an organism. If you have an XX combination, then the organism is a female. If you have an XY combination, then the organism is a male. That is why it is easier for men to receive genetic, x-linked disorders because we only have one X. If a woman has one recessive x, then the dominant X protects her from the disease, but she can pass a disorder onto her offspring because she is a carrier.
If intelligence is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?
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Matt Boothman
The Nissan Micra of forum members
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20/09/2002
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28th February, 2006 at 18:51:53 -
"Pete's possible genotypes would be: Xx, xx, XY, and xY."
So then his actual genotype would be either XY or xY, because Xx and xx are female, giving him 1/2 chance.
http://soundcloud.com/normbo - Listen to my music.
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Spork
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24/08/2003
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28th February, 2006 at 19:35:07 -
You're right, noodle. Dumb mistake by me. I was considering all offspring combinations and didn't take into consideration the sex.  Thanks for pointing that out, Noodle. Sorry, Pete, you're more likely to become bald. 
If intelligence is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?
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Pete Nattress
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23/09/2002
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1st March, 2006 at 16:17:05 -
Don't worry, I'll get a wig. Then you can both be right.
www.thenatflap.co.uk
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Spork
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24/08/2003
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1st March, 2006 at 19:51:39 -
Yay, everyone wins! *cough* Except Pete *cough*.
If intelligence is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?
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Hagar
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Old klik fart
Registered
20/02/2002
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1692
 
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1st March, 2006 at 23:00:06 -
Luckily no male in my family has ever gone bald, plus i would cry if i lost the long blonde mullet i am sporting!
Formal On The Front, Party on the Back!  .
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Matt Boothman
The Nissan Micra of forum members
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20/09/2002
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109
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2nd March, 2006 at 16:47:05 -
Like an effeminate Viking.
http://soundcloud.com/normbo - Listen to my music.
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Mark McCauley
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18/02/2009
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291
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22nd February, 2009 at 23:08:11 -
nothing wrong with being bald , i used to have hippy hair but as the baldgene dna is present in me (me old man looked like bobby charlton or rab c nesbits the fat man lol )so i just cut it off and shaved it and its been shaven for over ten years lol so who knows i might even not be bald at all, but saying that i look better bald so im glad and happy , theres not point in worrying about it if its gonna happen just shave the lot off, cant wait til i recede a bit more itll mean less shaving woohoo,and chicks dig bald guys  trust me
http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/forum/messages.cfm?threadid=44227736-C46F-AC56-02EBA05285818C14
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