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I remember reading somewhere that DNA ancestry is traced back through the female and not the male. Is this true? Does anyone know? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" /> If this is true then that truly would make the female chromosone dominant, and the male insignificant. (donor only sort of thing)


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You need to read on gametogenesis to begin to understand how DNA is inherited from parents.
Each zygote is generated through biological fusion between two halves; one comes from the mother and the other half from the father. I never heard of such a notion as “DNA ancestry” and it is mumbling jumbles at best.
The genetic chromosomes undergo what is called crossover at some stage, which serves the diversity of features. To trace-back such material to ancestral donors is to enlist all the family tree upwards rather than downwards. This is done by writing the name of the father and the mother of every father and every mother you write the name of ad infinitum.

Of course that jumble mumbling you mentioned does have a source and it is called the maternal effect and it has nothing to do with DNA heredity.
The function of DNA is to regulate the synthesis of many proteins some of which are hormones, and if the genetic code of a zygote was recessive, the mother could (in some cases) provide the hormone such that the features are as if there was no genetic deficiency. Naturally they are mothers who lay eggs or get pregnant and they make the first environment for the offspring. No doubt those mothers do have the first and strongest impact on the new generation.
Saying that female’s have chromosomes that are absolutely dominant is a joke that I after your permission shall send to my colleagues. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Dominance and recession is a big genetic subject that has no preferences of gender. So please be corrected.
Kindest regards.

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