Quote Originally Posted by Monty View Post
why would only the females have the trait and not the males
You mean in reality? I don't know much about the platty daddy situation. (I read a thing about it, but I was a little bit confused...He seemed very excited while writing about it LOL)
In sex linked traits, they're usually more common in boys than girls because even though it's recessive, the boy only needs one gene (on his X chromosome), because it isn't paired up with a gene on the Y chromosome. The girls on the other hand, need the recessive allele on BOTH X chromosomes.
You know the deal with the Y chromosome, right? It's just a deformed version of the X chromosome that's missing some of its genetic material, so if you were ever curious whether boys or girls were genetically superior, rest assured, it's us girls