In <4rccbo$1hp at news2.ios.com> knanette at village.ios.com (Nanette Knaster) writes:
>If identical twins marry identical twins, are the offspring of each
>marriage (cousins) considered to be siblings genetically since both sets
>of offspring share the same gene pools. Can someone explain this? It was
>a discussion that came up today at the old watercooler, and I'd be much
>obliged for a scientific explanation. Thank you. Please respond via e-mail.
Not likely. Remember, almost every cell in the human body, save Erythrocytes
and sperm/egg cells, have two sets of chromosomes. So, let's say one set of
twins has the genotype Bb for eye color ( that is, brown eyes, but a carrier
of the blue eyes trait) and the other twin have the same, the offspring can
ber either BB, Bb, or bb, hence not identical in this respect.
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