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by mjg59 66 days ago
Yes, but it's not limited to that case - there's two common variants of the green cone that respond to different wavelengths and people with two X chromosomes can have both, improving colour identification.
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How does it feel to actually answer a question as a geneticist?...
> How does it feel to actually answer a question as a geneticist?...

Genetics is complicated.

If you really want to learn about this, all you need to do is search.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140905-the-women-with-s...

I'm kind of late to this but for some context - bonzini knows me from a long time ago when I was still a genetics student and the joke here is that given where I am now in my career I still get to occasionally answer questions based on that background