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color-blindness is passed on thru the maternal side as well...and generally affects the male line. Shirley, cg Jack- 65/59/56 From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask] To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:31 AM Subject: Re: Bad genes in families > > >> >> Isn't it through the mother's side that one inherits the bad stuff? > > My guess would be one inherits from both sides, good or bad > >> Maryse, I don't know, just think I read it somewhere, something about >> mitochondrial DNA > > there is one type of muscular dystrophy( cannot remember which) which > affects > males but is passed by the female carrier. For the rest I think it is > fifty-fifty but am no authority > Maryse cg JOhn 76,16 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn