genetic features mother/father

[Cy Tolliver]

Are certain genetic features always attributed to either mother or father?  Or can a person get either there mothers looks or fathers looks for example?

It seems like men always look like their mothers father?  Is that always the case?

[Alexander D]

Clearly you get your penis from your mother.

 

[Ursus]

All my sisters look like my mum.

My brother and I look like our dad. Though my dad is only 5'8-9 and mum mum is 5'6. My bro is 5'10-11

[Mr Nobody]

Ask Wolfgang WHorowitz

The dude was jacked no doubt.

[Genius]

Except the fenotypical ("What you can see") features you ALWAYS inherit your mother's Mitochondrial DNA..
And of course you will carry recessive alleles (genes) in your DNA, which will not be translated into features. These recessive genes can be expressed in the offspring (your children).
Then some alleles are expressed in co-dominant fashion - a recombination of paternal and maternal DNA - the fenotype will be a "blend".

Often we have a tendency to seek features having mom and dad as templates.
Some will say you look like your mother and others would say father.

I have my uncle's (moms side) structure but my fathers ugly face - a typical "blend".

Bla..bla..bla...

Bla.

[Ursus]

Examples of recessive genes?

[Alexander D]

Except the fenotypical ("What you can see") features you ALWAYS inherit your mother's Mitochondrial DNA..
And of course you will carry recessive alleles (genes) in your DNA, which will not be translated into features. These recessive genes can be expressed in the offspring (your children).
Then some alleles are expressed in co-dominant fashion - a recombination of paternal and maternal DNA - the fenotype will be a "blend".

Often we have a tendency to seek features having mom and dad as templates.
Some will say you look like your mother and others would say father.

I have my uncle's (moms side) structure but my fathers ugly face - a typical "blend".

Bla..bla..bla...

Bla.

If you were really a "genius" at least you'd know how to correctly spell "phenotypical" 

[Genius]

Eye color..

Brown is a dominant allele..

Blue is a recessive allele..

It's more complicated of course.. but there is a "good" example..

[Genius]

If you were really a "genius" at least you'd know how to correctly spell "phenotypical"  

Hahaha!

Yes, indeed!

I stay corrected. (I was thinking in my native language when writing, so the result was a "blend" in spelling)

[Ursus]

Eye color..

Brown is a dominant allele..

Blue is a recessive allele..

It's more complicated of course.. but there is a "good" example..

So physical attributes? If something is dominant how do recessive genes appear apparant in the child.

[shossy]

Except the fenotypical ("What you can see") features you ALWAYS inherit your mother's Mitochondrial DNA..
And of course you will carry recessive alleles (genes) in your DNA, which will not be translated into features. These recessive genes can be expressed in the offspring (your children).
Then some alleles are expressed in co-dominant fashion - a recombination of paternal and maternal DNA - the fenotype will be a "blend".

Often we have a tendency to seek features having mom and dad as templates.
Some will say you look like your mother and others would say father.

I have my uncle's (moms side) structure but my fathers ugly face - a typical "blend".

Bla..bla..bla...

Bla.

Gah you make it sound so simple, I can't even understand my biology course  

[Genius]

If for example you are a "Bb" and your wife is a "bb" there is a high probability you will get blue-eyed kids..

B = Dominant brown eyes
b = Recessive blue eyes

Two recessive alleles will result in the expression of the alleles..but the dominant allele will more or less always be expressed.
Mostly, the probability is what will determine..

I have a friend with a blue AND a brown eye..it is of course some kind of mutation.. I can't really explain that phenomenon..
It fucks with everything I've learned..

[Cy Tolliver]

cool

so certain features aren't attributed to either parent?  like people don't always get their moms eyes, or their fathers physique or whatever?

it could be either way, or any combination?

cause i was almost sure before i posted this that all men look just like their mothers father... lol

[Genius]

Yes!
Your interpretation of the "data" is correct!   

It's much more advanced than I tried to explain..
I have forgotten a lot, if I would explain this 2-3 years ago (nerd warning) it may have sounded "freaky"..

[kiwiol]

cool

so certain features aren't attributed to either parent?  like people don't always get their moms eyes, or their fathers physique or whatever?

it could be either way, or any combination?

cause i was almost sure before i posted this that all men look just like their mothers father... lol

You also have Atavism, which is when traits skip one or more generations and get expressed down the line, in individuals of that particular family.

[kiwiol]

I have a friend with a blue AND a brown eye..it is of course some kind of mutation.. I can't really explain that phenomenon..
It fucks with everything I've learned..

It's actually a rare, but not unheard of condition, called Heterochromia.

It's probably been around forever - one of the characters in Victor Hugo's 'The man who laughs' (written over a hundred something years ago) has it.

[njflex]

thats why its good to have pic's of your father and grandfather and yourself at similar ages too see similarities.and if u have both sides you could see the difference.my grandfather looked like his mother we think cause in pic's he did not resemble his dad ,my dad is a spitting image of his dad and i resemble my dad not full ringer but close .

[Genius]

It's actually a rare, but not unheard of condition, called Heterochromia.

It's probably been around forever - one of the characters in Victor Hugo's 'The man who laughs' (written over a hundred something years ago) has it.

I googled the condition!
It's definitely Heterochromia! (The pic of the kid with a blue and brown eye - identical)
He also had white patches of hair while the rest was black (Lack of pigmentation I would assume)!
The inversion of Jay Leno's hair!

The conclusion: The guy was a pussywrecking-machine!
The girls were always fascinated by his unique PHenotype! 

[Cy Tolliver]

thats why its good to have pic's of your father and grandfather and yourself at similar ages too see similarities.and if u have both sides you could see the difference.my grandfather looked like his mother we think cause in pic's he did not resemble his dad ,my dad is a spitting image of his dad and i resemble my dad not full ringer but close .

im fortunate, ive got good pictures of my grandfather great grandfather and great great grandfather on one side, and up to my great grandfather on the other side.

good looking fuckers

[Ursus]

You also have Atavism, which is when traits skip one or more generations and get expressed down the line, in individuals of that particular family.

In my uncles and aunts on my dads side of the family there were 3 sets of twins and my dad. His grandparents on his mothers side also had twins in there family. Would this mean that perhaps this runs in my family and one of my sisters could possibly have twins?

[Samourai Pizzacat]

Examples of recessive genes?

The gene for ginger hair. Dark hair is dominant I believe.

[kiwiol]

In my uncles and aunts on my dads side of the family there were 3 sets of twins and my dad. His grandparents on his mothers side also had twins in there family. Would this mean that perhaps this runs in my family and one of my sisters could possibly have twins?

Possibly. It's been years since I studied Genetics, so you'd probably be better off Googling the info or asking someone who knows.

[Parker]

It's actually a rare, but not unheard of condition, called Heterochromia.

It's probably been around forever - one of the characters in Victor Hugo's 'The man who laughs' (written over a hundred something years ago) has it.

There is a breed of cat with that condition. Also, no matter the race, there is a certain phenotype for "hot" women. Usually this is a egg shaped, oval face, kinda like a upside down teardrop. High cheekbones, full lips, but small mouth, almond shaped eyes, thick but curved eyebrows, round jawline, but a straight one can be aesthetically pleasing. And from a full frontal view, a smallish nose (men typically have larger noses than the female counterparts). For the most part, smallish but symmetrical facial features, with full lips tend to be found in all races, and men tend to pick up on those and consider women with such features as "hot", thru-out the ages...

Ever noticed that European Royalty tended to be on the ugly side? It was the commoners who had the better genes and better breeding---in terms of looks.

[njflex]

There is a breed of cat with that condition. Also, no matter the race, there is a certain phenotype for "hot" women. Usually this is a egg shaped, oval face, kinda like a upside down teardrop. High cheekbones, full lips, but small mouth, almond shaped eyes, thick but curved eyebrows, round jawline, but a straight one can be aesthetically pleasing. And from a full frontal view, a smallish nose (men typically have larger noses than the female counterparts). For the most part, smallish but symmetrical facial features, with full lips tend to be found in all races, and men tend to pick up on those and consider women with such features as "hot", thru-out the ages...

Ever noticed that European Royalty tended to be on the ugly side? It was the commoners who had the better genes and better breeding---in terms of looks.

thats why the royal family in england is all different,they are of german descent and the queen mother and edward look alike ,harry who actually looks better than his brother now has a ginger look and william took after his mom's side.they are set for life for many generations.