[PW] ? DNA question

[Peter Macinnis]

The original response pointed out that we are not really apprised of the facts,
and so should not comment.

This is a situation where wild guesses are probably ill-advised. The fellow
sounds like a complete fool, but may have been wildly misquoted.  He certainly
would have been unwise to pass any public comment about her condition as he
perceived it.

That said, a little knowledge of genetics is necessary before people offer
advice.  XYY individuals are phenotypically male, generally above average height,
and may have a lower IQ as measured on standard tests. They are less likely to be
college students, and most unlikely to be female-looking college students.  They
would be more likely to be socially clumsy male-looking college lecturers.

Peter Macinnis
Trypanosome trepanger



On Sun Jan 13 14:12 , JT Thompson <jtthompson at eircom.net> sent:

>>  When the
>>results were in, the Professor made a crack in front of the class that
>>her DNA had one female strand and two male strands (or lines?) and she
>>should "go home and talk to your mother."
>
>What a nasty man.
>
>I wonder if he was saying that she had two Y chromosomes and one X 
>chromosome? Perhaps she needs to check this out medically?
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