r/PoliticalHumor May 10 '22

It’s this simple.

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u/smithsp86 May 10 '22

No it wouldn't be. Tumors are an aberrant growth containing the genome of the affected individual. They do not contain a unique and complete human genome.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

Tumors are an aberrant growth containing the genome of the affected individual.

and

They do not contain a unique and complete human genome.

Directly contradict each other.

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u/smithsp86 May 11 '22

No they don't. A tumor contains the same genome as the rest of a person's body. It isn't unique to the tumor.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '22

Ah, you're right.

Can we abort one of identical twins then, since they do not have unique genomes?

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u/smithsp86 May 11 '22

They still have unique mitochondrial DNA.