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Recieved: 1999/09/10 15:36
Subject: Re: [[K-list] Grandmothers Legacy]
From: Martin Thompson
On 1999/09/10 15:36, Martin Thompson posted thus to the K-list:
12:57:48 Wed, 8 Sep 1999
Bob Maurer at Bob Maurer <bubabingATnospamnetscape.net> writes:
>"Christopher Wynter" <wynterATnospambigpond.com> wrote:
>----- Original Message -----<br>From: <MrsToastATnospamaol.com><br>><br>> Women are
>born with all the eggs their bodies will ever produce during<br>their<br>>
>menstrual cycles. As with the stat for men, the number does not
>reflect<br>an<br>> actual capability to produce so many offspring! Also, for
>women, you must<br>> decrease the # of potential opportunities to become
>pregnant by 10 to 24<br>> months for every full-term pregnancy.<br><br>In
>other words, the female line does not genetically come from the mother,<br>but
>from the grandmother ...<br><br>in other words, all of the genetic memories
>released from the body are from<br>grandmother ..not mother ....<br><br>The
>male does not pass on his mother's or grandmother's DNA because the<br>mtDNA
>can only be passed on through female offspring.<br><br>Thank you for the
>confirmation, Melissa<br><br>Christopher Wynter<br><br>
>
>
> I don't follow you.
> I was under the impression that mtDNA
> had nothing to do with DNA, but only
> with the mitochondria itself.
> I know that this is only passed on
> through the female line, but it comes from you mother
> and barring mutation is identical to hers.
> Right? Of course we all know that sex is determined
> by the male line. Please be kind enough
> to explain in greater detail what you are indicating.
> I really don't understand it.
>
It has been scientifically confirmed that mtDNA comes from the female
line only; however Christopher seems to believe that it stores memories
and passes these on to offspring as well, which is definitely contrary
to scientific opinion: the inheritance of *acquired* characteristics has
long been shown to be false (presumably with good scientific reason - it
used to be controversial, when Lamarck's theory opposed Darwin's, a
century ago). All that is inherited, it seems, are *original*
characteristics, plus accidental mutations.
Having said that, the function of much of the coding in the mtDNA is
something of a mystery at present. However, to jump from that to
presuming its function is not really justified by the evidence (which is
seriously lacking). There are also cases of people adapting over the
course of about three generations to living at high altitude (thicker
blood to carry the oxygen better); I don't know how that is explained
without the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Perhaps someone
reading this does!
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