Dominant or recessive traits and the Antichrist

[arielarena]

This analysis sparks from a conversation I had second period with sneeze042, caitylady88, reynardelzorro, Bo and Rory. We were discussing the movie The Devil's Advocate, which I have yet to see in its entirety. Now here's your spoiler warning because I'm going to give stuff away that you may not want to know. Of course, the film came out AGES ago so if you, like me, have not seen it, leave.


Okay, I'm assuming that you guys still reading don't mind the spoileryNess of this because it's crazy funny! In the film, Keanu discovers that his mom did it with Satan. The skank. Not only that but Satan makes Keanu's wife go insane and she stabs herself. He does that because he (played by Al Pacino) wants Keanu to make babies with Keanu's half sister. See, if Keanu and Half-Sister do it they will give birth to the Antichrist because each is Half-Satan. Or something like that. I'm guessing that the half-incest will add to the evilness of the baby...or create genetic disorders. You never know. Genetics are wacky like that.

Here's where the question came up: Is the Satatic trait dominant or recessive?

I concluded that it was dominant. I mean, this is SATAN! He wouldn't have any wussy traits! No, Satanic traits would kick the asses of other traits that dared try to dominate them. It would be a chromosomal smackdown! After some argument about shared dominance we agreed that the Satanic trait would be dominant and assumed such when doing the following analysis.

sneeze042 drew Punet (Punnet?) squares to see what the chances are to have the Antichrist baby. We discovered that there was a 1 in 4 chance that Keanu and Half-Sis would have the Antichrist baby and a 1/4 chance that the baby would be normal. 1/2 chances are that the child will be a lowly half-satanic baby. We found that it would make more sense for Satan to bone his daughter (Oooo, incest! He's freakin' Satan! He's immoral by nature, why not make him incestuous as well?) because there would be a greater chance of having the Antichrist baby.

Despite the evidence we presented, caitylady88 decided that it would be best to consult a Biology teacher in the school. She also made fun of us for analyzing the whole Antichrist thing. Yeah, well, you can kiss my bum, Sully! Go play with your...cowboys! Yeah. I showed you...

In conclusion, it is really fun to over-analyze movies.

Hehe, we're awesome!


Oh yeah. And happy day of chocolate eating or whatever it is you do on this day. I plan on watching "Scrubs" later on. And having Wawa for dinner. Mmmm, hoagie goodness!

Comments

[sneeze042.livejournal.com]

It's spelled Punnett, my dear.

[jdcohen.livejournal.com]

First of all, the trait is obviously recessive. Otherwise, Keanu would have 1/4 to 1/2 a chance of having an Anti-Christ baby regardless of who he impregnates. The only reason Satan would HAVE to pair up his half-children would be if the trait was in fact recessive, requiring both parents to at least be carriers. Additionally, if the parents are mere carriers of a recessive gene, they wouldn't exhibit any of its characteristics, which is why Keanu's character is such a wuss in the film. So, even with two carriers, there's only a 1/4 chance of having an Anti-Christ baby. Not good odds, but if you're Satan, you've got all the time in the world.

Second, having multiple babies increases your chances overall of having an Anti-Christ baby, so Satan's idea is a good one even despite the recessive nature of the gene. Satan's chances of having an Anti-Christ baby are represented by the equation 1 - (1 - 1/4) ^ n, where n is the number of grandkids Satan has. After just 3 grandkids, Satan is already has a 57.8% chance, which ain't too shabby. And since this function is exponential, by around 8 kids or so, Satan has a near 90% chance. Thems's good odds.

Third, I want Wawa as well, and I hate you.

--Jeff

[caitylady88.livejournal.com]

I am sooo entertained by the fact that you did al that math just to satisfy our little "would it be a satan baby?" argument. :)

[superri.livejournal.com]

Rebuttle: I don't care about your fancy logic. Kiss my butt, big brother!

Also, the way I saw it was that the gene was dominant but only one did not make an Anti-Christ baby. Both needed to be present in order to have such a being. And the only part of the movie I saw was when Keanu was yelling at his mother about how she had babies with the Devil. It reminded me of when I watched Constantine with Bri while on meds for my wisdom teeth...I only remember Keanu's character being overly dramatic.

[jdcohen.livejournal.com]

That's not how dominant genes work, dear sister. Just ask our mother.

--Jeff

[superri.livejournal.com]

It was second period! You expect my brain to FUNCTION that early in the morning? The AP Bio student didn't correct me, thankyouverymuch!

[jesskivage.livejournal.com]

first of all, it's the recessive traits that are the dangerous ones...just take a look at sickle-cell anemia or tay-sachs and that eye thing (i think), but you would know more about that than i do anyway...

second, adri, your brother rocks my socks. i love how you guys took the time to figure all that out...even if it did make my brain hurt trying to understand it...

i gotta see that movie.