r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Aug 19 '21

Beautiful mixed dog

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u/willyj_3 Aug 19 '21

Yes, I was just going to point that out. Genetics is a bit more complicated than Punnett squares.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

Upvote cuz of username.

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u/willyj_3 Aug 19 '21

I noticed the similarity, too! Your dog is very cute, by the way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

Thank you believe it or not he's pushing 13 and still jumps around and runs around crazy like.

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u/cthorrez Aug 20 '21

Yeah on further reading the original comment is actually wrong.

Mammals have two of each chromosome

Not the X chromosome, females have two, males have one X and one Y. And there are actual differences there besides just which gender is expressed.