Mar 13, 2010 18:26
My life is average moment:
Today Erik and I had an argument about whether the gene for magic in the Harry Potter universe is dominant or recessive and how many loci control this gene. The parsel tongue point came up... we finally decided it was an example of epigenetics so the gene would need to be methylated (by an encounter with Voldemort). My opinion was that the gene for magic is dominant and occurs in muggles as result of a germ line mutation. He made fun of me for this because he feels the gene is more likely to be recessive.
What do you think?