[ale] [OT] Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent or Not.

[John Marasco]

To make a sperm cell, only one half of the X (father) is contributed. But
which half? This is where nature does the especially amazing part. When
forming sperm cells, the father's body randomly chooses genes from the two
halves of the father's chromosomes. This means that every sperm cell
contains a random mix of the father's parents' genes. The same thing happens
when forming eggs. Therefore, each child that a couple produces is a random
mix of the four grandparents' genes.

>From how things work.

Every sequence of DNA in every cell is 1/2 mom and 1/2 dad.  It would be
impossible to recreate the parent from the child.  The only part that is
more than 1/2 is the original egg which is all mom.  But the egg splits
based on the combined genes from both parents so this motherly distortion is
quickly swamped by the growing embryo.  I do not believe you will find a
full set of genetic material from either parent anyplace in a child.

There are also human beings called chimera's (sp?) with two sets of DNA (1/2
from mom and 1/2 from dad in each set).  The blood will have one DNA pattern
and the liver another, etc...  Weird but true, look it up.

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On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 14:34, da Black Baron wrote:

> I was under the impression that each sperm and egg held exactly 1/2 of the
> parent's genes.  Is this incorrect?
Each hold the genetic material of the parent. Each provides 1/2 the
total genetic material of the offspring. The fascinating aspect is how
does the process select which parts from each provider to make the full
gene count. That is unkown.
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