Re: Aldous Huxley

[Alberto Monteiro]

 
> Alberto reminds me [or Aldous, take yer pick] of an 
> issue I have been considering.  It seems, and 
> geneticists will correct me if I'm wrong, that  
> potential has little to do with *direct* heritage. 
> That is, if your parents are dwarfs, your children 
> may be tall, may be giants. 
> 
Yes, but the reverse is _not_ true. In order to have 
a dwarf child, one of the parents must be dwarf. 
 
Dwarfness is a dominant gene. 
 
Alberto Monteiro