mellythesciencegeek
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Tuesday 14 July 2026 21:37:28 GMT
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burnt bagel :
i lowkey hate when ppl do this. Of course they’re gonna teach the oversimplified version of complex subjects to middle/high schoolers. They’re barely paying attention as it is. Thats why college and higher education is important
2026-07-14 23:09:12
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GamerAnieca :
we were taught this was a simplistic method to understand basic trait heritage, it wasn't a complete or definitive of complex biology.
2026-07-15 00:58:11
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Syko :
it was just a GROSS oversimplification
2026-07-15 08:01:55
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Darren Lai :
Then you get to all these environmentally/physiologically activated traits…
2026-07-15 07:42:44
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tenuuite :
they taught ts in high school
2026-07-15 01:48:55
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@wefbrg :
me wondering how I have blue eyes while my parents have brown eyes 3 generations back
2026-07-14 22:39:03
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bluewhitebrosVT :
so teachers in the US just don't add "this is a simplification" to their explanation? whut
2026-07-15 07:37:53
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baldakaza :
My teacher explained us this. Like she always wanted us to know beyond the syllabus to the point that we understand how it actually works and can answer unexpected questions in the exams. Facts over syllabus.
2026-07-14 22:17:34
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Norbert Hernádi745 :
This was made clear for us too in hs. We only used these for monogenic traits in plants. In humans, we only did this with blood types (ABO blood types are monogenic) and some traits (like red-green colorblindness) that are polygenic, but closely linked and can mostly be simplified or linked with sex chromosomes.
2026-07-14 23:23:31
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sol :
my teacher used to use fruits as examples
2026-07-15 06:09:34
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NePtUnE╶⃝⃤🌿‧˚꒰🐾꒱༘♪★ :
we learned this in 7th in my school
2026-07-15 01:27:11
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Why you wanna know :
Y’all didn’t all learn about discrete vs continuous traits????
2026-07-15 06:06:45
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Ozob Bozo :
my teachers told us this, we only used the square to talk about plants
2026-07-15 01:27:56
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🐈⬛Lmfao🍂 :
That guy just looks like chandler bing to me tbh
2026-07-15 02:10:55
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Corben 🪼 :
This is exactly why in the uk teachers have to use examples like cystic fibrosis or polydactyly instead of eye colour
2026-07-15 06:52:49
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Kris :
we had to make a family tree up to my grandparents with a certain trait and I nearly got an f cuz I was being honest😭 im sorry my aunt has detached earlobes???
2026-07-14 22:59:54
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‼️Maddnessishazzardness‼️ :
We did 2x2 squares and 4x4 squares idk if it makes a difference..
2026-07-14 23:12:23
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Kimm🏴🏳️🌈 :
yeah pretty clear that its not that simple when my blue eyed blonde mum and green eye black haired dad made my brown hair and eyed ass
2026-07-14 23:44:02
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Amalie :
Can you make polygenic punnet squares
2026-07-14 21:57:10
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Elias/Eli -🌈🏭/📼👁/📼🌀/🌕🐁 :
Thank you for saying this! With using punnet squares it wouldn't make sense for why I have green/brown eyes (my eyes are mostly green, but brown around the iris) when my moms eyes are brown and my dad's eyes are blue :3
2026-07-14 23:13:08
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phoca.vitulina :
This realization messed up everyone in my undergrad genetics class lol
2026-07-15 01:13:08
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MorganKB316 :
I thought you could only do that with your blood type
2026-07-15 01:56:55
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gingerbreadman :
Me with red hair and green eyes confused af.
2026-07-15 02:32:21
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Max 🤙🏼 :
At least in my school we didn’t really use human genetics when learning about punnet squares we used like pea color or flower color I think we did do human blood types tho
2026-07-15 04:54:24
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Milky 💫 :
Yeah that’s why we learn the other stuff in highschool and basic punnets square happens in middle school, idk if other schools do that tho
2026-07-15 03:04:44
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