• samus12345@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    But sometimes a kid can look more like their mother, and that kid’s kid can look more like their paternal grandfather. How would he explain that?

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      3 months ago

      That the kid’s kid got more of the dad’s seed in the “shifting lottery.”

      It’s not like he’s saying a kid that looks like the mother isn’t getting any contribution from the father.

      And while he’s technically wrong in the idea that there’s a disproportionate overall contribution from each parent, it is true that genes and traits responsible for physical appearance can be disproportionately passed on.