allmaple said:
ok, thanks to human genetics class today i have a biggie
especially for a show that does so much research about the science they present.
in the episode 'werewolves' it is pretty much genetically imposible for the twins to have turned out the way they did. short of an extremely improbable mutation in the mother, you cannot get offspring with hypertrichosis from two unaffected parents. this episode is especially wrong for the son, since the disorder is dominant and x-linked an affected male must have an affected mother.
you could have an affected daughter from a normal mother, but the father would have to have it so it should have been of no surprise to the mother when they were born.
just found this interesting in class today and thought some other people might like it too