If we had a perfect set of DNA, RNA, whatever. Would imbreeding be a non-issue? Is inbreeding bad because the child has a greater chance of receiving a "bad" set of DNA? Not that I want to have sex with my sister or anything (eeeaaaacccc yuch!) don't get that impression please. I am just curious, because of the whole Adam and Eve thing. Because if their children had children as the Bible says it does they must have inbreed. If we all have a common male ancestor does that mean we are all inbreed. This is more of a funny question than a serious one, so dont get all pissy with me.
Also, my fathers side is from Germany and my mothers side is of mixed European decent. When my (ex)girlfriend and I were taking a genetics course we analyzed our mitochondrial DNA and found we had a common ancestor (must have been a female ancestor because mitochondrial DNA mutations are carried by the female?) But she was Vietnamese, if we had kids that wouldn't be inbreeding right? That would make no sense.
2007-08-16
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