Electra complex
It is not just taboo that makes us prohibit it in humans. Rare recessive genes in a family that would never show up in offspring due to their being offset by dominant (normal) genes in non relatives (remember high school genetics- autosomal recessive showing up in the homozygous state, not showing up in the heterozygous state) are fully expressed resulting in any number of conditions showing up in 100% of offspring that would otherwise apprear with a probability of 5% or less. In terms of healthy offspring, the less related the parents are genetically (therefore mutts are best) the better.
Last edited by joekg; 05-03-2007 at 10:47 AM.
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