- In OpenHeroQuest_at_yahoogroups.com, Jane Williams
<janewilliams20_at_y...> wrote:
> --- Julian Lord <jlord_at_f...> wrote:
> > I've a fascinating newspaper article saying that
> > the ratio for male vs female genetic mutation is
> > massively towards the male end of the scale.
> That's *weird*. I wonder why?
Only one complete X chromosome, with the Y Chromosome not carrying
half the backups for defects/alterations on mama's X that papa's X
could have carried.