I wish my biology teacher in highschool had used harry potter references to make me understand the punnett squares, I would've understood so much faster 😂👌
_Finally_, someone decides to upload this! I missed the stream, and I was rather disappointed to see that nobody had posted it on the Livestream channel. I guess I never thought to see if the NHGRI had a UA-cam channel.
Real quick, how do you think the werewolf gene would fit into all of this? Jo uses it as an allegory for AIDS, but we are never told if Teddy inherits it from Remus. Can a Muggle/Squib be a werewolf? And if we're talking about Teddy, how do metamorphmagi fit into the genetic makeup of wizards? Or Legilimens which is implied to be a more hereditary talent than a learned on in 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'?
Would it be possible for wizarding to exist on the X chromosome? From what i gathered from your explanation EVERYONE has an X chromosome, and Wizarding is dominant so it kind of makes sense? also could there be a wizarding gene cluster? (idk the right word so gene cluster will have to do) with Parseltongue, Metamorphmagus, and Seer (That thing Professor Sybill Trelawney had)
Wizarding "could" have been on the X-chromosome, but Hagrid is evidence that it's not. He inherited his X chromosome from his Giant mother, and he inherited a Y chromosome (and Wizarding) from his father.
could a wizard gene cluster exist (idk the right word so gene cluster will have to do) With like parseltongue, Metamorphmagi, and Seer (the thing that Sybill Trelawney had)?
also i know there's not really a way to calculate it, but not all wizards in the UK attend Hogwarts. So there could be more De Novo mutations that happen but those wizard kids just go to a random wizard public school.
Yes! There was no guarantee that muggle-borns would accept their invitations. Finch-Fletchly almost went to muggle school (according to the book). So the mutation rate is probably a little more common, but not a ton.
I wish my biology teacher in highschool had used harry potter references to make me understand the punnett squares, I would've understood so much faster 😂👌
_Finally_, someone decides to upload this! I missed the stream, and I was rather disappointed to see that nobody had posted it on the Livestream channel. I guess I never thought to see if the NHGRI had a UA-cam channel.
This was FABULOUS! I want more of these if possible!!
Real quick, how do you think the werewolf gene would fit into all of this? Jo uses it as an allegory for AIDS, but we are never told if Teddy inherits it from Remus. Can a Muggle/Squib be a werewolf? And if we're talking about Teddy, how do metamorphmagi fit into the genetic makeup of wizards? Or Legilimens which is implied to be a more hereditary talent than a learned on in 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'?
I love the Dragon Con shout out! Glad you have this on youtube because I missed the panel two years in a row.
Would it be possible for wizarding to exist on the X chromosome? From what i gathered from your explanation EVERYONE has an X chromosome, and Wizarding is dominant so it kind of makes sense?
also could there be a wizarding gene cluster? (idk the right word so gene cluster will have to do) with Parseltongue, Metamorphmagus, and Seer (That thing Professor Sybill Trelawney had)
Wizarding "could" have been on the X-chromosome, but Hagrid is evidence that it's not. He inherited his X chromosome from his Giant mother, and he inherited a Y chromosome (and Wizarding) from his father.
Could the wizard gene be on the X chromosome?? Because EVERYONE has an X and wizarding is a dominant gene it almost makes sense?
could a wizard gene cluster exist (idk the right word so gene cluster will have to do) With like parseltongue, Metamorphmagi, and Seer (the thing that Sybill Trelawney had)?
Seems doubtful as only a very small subset of Wizard/Witches have any of those 3. They would seem even more rare than Wizarding.
also i know there's not really a way to calculate it, but not all wizards in the UK attend Hogwarts. So there could be more De Novo mutations that happen but those wizard kids just go to a random wizard public school.
Yes! There was no guarantee that muggle-borns would accept their invitations. Finch-Fletchly almost went to muggle school (according to the book). So the mutation rate is probably a little more common, but not a ton.