I actually have reworded that sentence because it kept hanging me up too, lol (and I might use your wording in the end).

I don't exactly know the terminology we're talking about, but that's kind of the point. If you didn't notice, I never even used the word "allele" because I wanted to make it as laymen as possible. I'm really into genetics and such, but EVEN MY eyes glaze over when I get into technical terminology.

I can be the smartest person in the room, but if nobody understands me I might as well be speaking jiberish.

It's like research papers or academic journals... I can either say "those authors exemplify persons experiencing cranium/glutious inversion" or I can say "they have their heads up their........"

Thank you for your post. I was hoping to hear from you or "Mendel".