Yeah, I would hate to have a doctor like House, despite the fact that I completely understand how that happens. (For your own sanity around suffering people you *need* to have barriers
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I don't think House is saying "Hispanics cannot have light-colored eyes"; I think he's saying "these particular parents can't have light-eyed kids". And not all brown eyes are created equal: HOW brown they are has a lot to do with at least three different gene pairs (bey 1, bey 2, and gey), plus probably even more genes that we don't know about yet. :)
But he's still wrong; it's still not possible to tell just from the eye colors of the parents, since the eye colors of the parents aren't going to tell you what gene pairs they're heterozygous for - only that they've got at least one brown allele on bey 2.
I'm going to elucidate because I kind of feel like it. bey/gey interaction is still not totally worked out, but the current blue/brown/green inheritance model ends up looking something like this:
you have bey 2, which can be BB, Bb, or bb you have gey, which can be GG, Gb, or bb.
G is dominant over b but subordinate to B.
Any of the following gene patterns will give you brown eyes: BBGG BBbb BBGb BbGG Bbbb BbGb
These will give you green eyes: bbGG bbGb
This will give you blue: bbbb
So, hm.
Let's assume that the parents are as heterozygous as possible: both BbGb, which will give them both brown eyes. Then possible combos are...well...everything. They could have kids with blue, brown, or green eyes. It's possible that the parents aren't all heterozygous and whatnot, but you cannot tell that from looking at their eyes.
To me it came off as one of the parents *wasn't* hispanic.
And thanks for the deeper explanation of the eye genes. I knew most, but not the finer points of G-B dominance.
My maternal great grandparents were Portugese and had dark brown eyes. They had children with eye color from brown to hazel to green. Nobody thought anything of it.
I guess what I'm getting at is, in my mother's family and amongst my hispanic friends, having seen so many people with a wide variety of eye color, if I saw a hispanic couple with a blue eyed kid, I wouldn't find it *that* wierd.
But at the same time, I understand why a lot of americans would think that all "hispanics" look alike -- dark hair, swarthy skin, dark eyes.
I think he'd be great as your doctor, as long as you never had to meet him. If I'm dying or just in serious pain, I wouldn't want to deal with him one-on-one. Send in Cameron. Or better yet, Foreman. He doesn't have the best bedside manner, but he's getting better at it. And he's pretty. *g*
I wanted it to be. On the one hand I can believe it wasn't, that he was just trying to relate to her and make her feel better. Or maybe it was someone he'd known growing up and Foreman was one of the kids who called him Rerun.
Although, if it wasn't him, I don't know why he chose that particular nickname. The second he said "Rerun" I simultaneously thought, "Aw!" and "No way will this 10-year-old know who Rerun is." *g*
Cameron. I did the happy-dance-of-Cameron-getting-a-backbone at one point, but then it all turned to mush when she tried to turn it back around to House having feelings for her.
Yes. Exactly. I was like, ooh, angry Cameron, I like this. And then she went and ruined it.
Foreman remains the reigning favorite. I really don't know what is up with Chase.
About the genetics thing: I think that House wasn't a hundred per cent certain that the woman had been sleeping around, but he figured he'd call her on it and see. I think he does that a lot when he ambushes someone with "the truth." The fact that they had both blue and green eyed children probably made him that much more suspicious. If it'd just been one or the other, it'd be more realistic.
Foreman remains the reigning favorite. I really don't know what is up with Chase.
I keep thinking Chase is scared shitless, and I'm trying to figure out why. He doesn't need this job, even he's said that, but I'm wondering if part of that is because he doesn't want to lose face in front of his dad or anyone else. Also, while we know he's rich, does the money come from his dad only? If so, could there be fact that he won't let himself rely on his dad for money or his emotional support?
I think that House wasn't a hundred per cent certain that the woman had been sleeping around, but he figured he'd call her on it and see. I think he does that a lot when he ambushes someone with "the truth."
You may have a point. He takes intuitive leaps, which don't always land him in the exact right place, but in the general area. And if he can at least guess partially right, then he's going to take it. And if that didn't work, he would have tried something else maybe. *g*
In my head I assumed that Chase inherited a lot of money from his mom. I think if he were accepting money from his dad they'd have more contact than they implied that they have in "Cursed," and also that he'd be more conflicted about being rich than he seems to be.
I don't see why it couldn't be his mom's money. But I don't think it would be impossible that the money's from his dad, who is apparently a world-renowned doctor in his field. I know people who have fairly well-to-do parents who have pretty much no personal contact with their parents, and just get money from them now and then. That's what trust funds are for, aren't they. :-)
I kept saying throughout the episode, "Chase, Cameron's going to hit you in the head with something any minute." I was really hoping she would, anyway. For that crack about her weighing 90 pounds, at least.)
Yeah, gotta love House's ideas for office politics. Dr. No Boundaries.
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But he's still wrong; it's still not possible to tell just from the eye colors of the parents, since the eye colors of the parents aren't going to tell you what gene pairs they're heterozygous for - only that they've got at least one brown allele on bey 2.
I am pretty sure I hate television genetics.
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you have bey 2, which can be BB, Bb, or bb
you have gey, which can be GG, Gb, or bb.
G is dominant over b but subordinate to B.
Any of the following gene patterns will give you brown eyes:
BBGG
BBbb
BBGb
BbGG
Bbbb
BbGb
These will give you green eyes:
bbGG
bbGb
This will give you blue:
bbbb
So, hm.
Let's assume that the parents are as heterozygous as possible: both BbGb, which will give them both brown eyes. Then possible combos are...well...everything. They could have kids with blue, brown, or green eyes. It's possible that the parents aren't all heterozygous and whatnot, but you cannot tell that from looking at their eyes.
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To me it came off as one of the parents *wasn't* hispanic.
And thanks for the deeper explanation of the eye genes. I knew most, but not the finer points of G-B dominance.
My maternal great grandparents were Portugese and had dark brown eyes. They had children with eye color from brown to hazel to green. Nobody thought anything of it.
I guess what I'm getting at is, in my mother's family and amongst my hispanic friends, having seen so many people with a wide variety of eye color, if I saw a hispanic couple with a blue eyed kid, I wouldn't find it *that* wierd.
But at the same time, I understand why a lot of americans would think that all "hispanics" look alike -- dark hair, swarthy skin, dark eyes.
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Seventh-grade genetics, at that.
I would want to have him as my doctor. I'd be damn sure he was paying attention.
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I think he'd be great as your doctor, as long as you never had to meet him. If I'm dying or just in serious pain, I wouldn't want to deal with him one-on-one. Send in Cameron. Or better yet, Foreman. He doesn't have the best bedside manner, but he's getting better at it. And he's pretty. *g*
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I wanted it to be. On the one hand I can believe it wasn't, that he was just trying to relate to her and make her feel better. Or maybe it was someone he'd known growing up and Foreman was one of the kids who called him Rerun.
Although, if it wasn't him, I don't know why he chose that particular nickname. The second he said "Rerun" I simultaneously thought, "Aw!" and "No way will this 10-year-old know who Rerun is." *g*
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Yes. Exactly. I was like, ooh, angry Cameron, I like this. And then she went and ruined it.
Foreman remains the reigning favorite. I really don't know what is up with Chase.
About the genetics thing: I think that House wasn't a hundred per cent certain that the woman had been sleeping around, but he figured he'd call her on it and see. I think he does that a lot when he ambushes someone with "the truth." The fact that they had both blue and green eyed children probably made him that much more suspicious. If it'd just been one or the other, it'd be more realistic.
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Foreman remains the reigning favorite. I really don't know what is up with Chase.
I keep thinking Chase is scared shitless, and I'm trying to figure out why. He doesn't need this job, even he's said that, but I'm wondering if part of that is because he doesn't want to lose face in front of his dad or anyone else. Also, while we know he's rich, does the money come from his dad only? If so, could there be fact that he won't let himself rely on his dad for money or his emotional support?
I think that House wasn't a hundred per cent certain that the woman had been sleeping around, but he figured he'd call her on it and see. I think he does that a lot when he ambushes someone with "the truth."
You may have a point. He takes intuitive leaps, which don't always land him in the exact right place, but in the general area. And if he can at least guess partially right, then he's going to take it. And if that didn't work, he would have tried something else maybe. *g*
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I don't see why it couldn't be his mom's money. But I don't think it would be impossible that the money's from his dad, who is apparently a world-renowned doctor in his field. I know people who have fairly well-to-do parents who have pretty much no personal contact with their parents, and just get money from them now and then. That's what trust funds are for, aren't they. :-)
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I kept saying throughout the episode, "Chase, Cameron's going to hit you in the head with something any minute." I was really hoping she would, anyway. For that crack about her weighing 90 pounds, at least.)
Yeah, gotta love House's ideas for office politics. Dr. No Boundaries.
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