i heard that ginger is a resessive gene. so if both parents have it, their kid has a 1 in 4 chance of being ginger.
heres the part i should know:
since i am ginger, if my husband is also ginger, would it increase the odds of having a ginger kid? (i have been called stupid before....and this has been buggin me for a long time)
2006-09-01 07:49:18 · 9 answers · asked by . 3 in Health ➔ Women's Health
and im sorry if this is in the wrong section....but i didnt know where to put it.
2006-09-01 07:52:00 · update #1
"Ginger???? Ginger is a spice. Maybe thats why people call you stupid. People like you should not be aloud to ask questions."
ginger is having red hair, light skin and freckels!!!!!!!!!
apparently im not the only stupid person here!
2006-09-01 07:58:34 · update #2
Yes, if ginger is the dominate allele then your child with also be ginger. Dominate alleles are always dominate over other resessive alleles. If ginger is declared as a recessive allele then its based on other genes from other family members which dominite allele is provided.
2006-09-01 07:53:10 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Lips of Morphine ♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the child has a one in four chance of NOT being ginger. You only get regressive traits if both of the relevant genes are for that trait, from which it follows that if both parents show the same recessive trait, then the children must also have it, unless gene-mutation takes place.
However, human genetics are a bit more complicated than that, so other chromosomal factors may come into play.
2006-09-01 14:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ginger???? Ginger is a spice. Maybe thats why people call you stupid. People like you should not be aloud to ask questions.
2006-09-01 14:54:39 · answer #3 · answered by cupidgirl17603 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I just dont know how to answer that///what on earth is a ginger??i thought it was a spice?? so see you are not as stupid as u think so tell me what is it??
2006-09-01 14:54:16 · answer #4 · answered by ma_2st 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, If you both have the dominant alleal your kid will have ginger. There is no way to know if you have a dominant or recessive alleal
2006-09-01 19:44:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're lucky. I love red hair.
Genetically speaking, I'm pretty sure red hair is recessive, although my only basis of that is a memory from 6th grade general science, so don't put a lot of stock in my answer.
I'm a labor and delivery nurse, and it seems to me that red heads almost always have redheads. And there is nothing cuter than a red haired baby.
2006-09-01 17:15:14 · answer #6 · answered by trivial 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may find this article interesting. I have friends who have hoped to pass on red hair in their family with the Dad being a red head but had no luck. It does seem to be becoming rarer which I find interesting.
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/pop/articles/0505redhair05.html
Here's hoping that you are able to pass on the gene.
2006-09-01 14:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by superrrmodel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ginger? Is NOT a gene. Moron.
2006-09-01 14:52:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
HAHAH GINGER IS A SPICE! WOO THANKS FO RHTE TWO POINTS HAHAHAH I THOUGHT U WERE DUMB! JK
2006-09-01 19:56:32 · answer #9 · answered by my_emo_romance 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋