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Carrie, by Stephen King
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- From The Shadow Exploded (pp. 92-93): It is now generally agreed that the TK phenomenon is a genetic-recessive occurrence-but the opposite of a disease like hemophilia, which becomes overt only in males.†
genetic = related to DNA sequences or units of heredity that influence biological traits
- In that disease, once called "King's Evil," the gene is recessive in the female and is carried harmlessly.
gene = single segments of DNA which when combined determine inherited traits
- This disease is generated only if an afflicted male marries a woman carrying the recessive gene.
- It should be emphasized that the hemophilia gene may be carried recessively in the male as a part of his genetic make-up.
- It should be emphasized that the hemophilia gene may be carried recessively in the male as a part of his genetic make-up.†
*genetic = related to DNA sequences or units of heredity that influence biological traits
- But if he marries a woman with the same outlaw gene, the result will be hemophilia if the offspring is male.
gene = single segments of DNA which when combined determine inherited traits
- In the case of royal families, where intermarriage was common, the chance of the gene reproducing once it entered the family tree were high-thus the name King's Evil.
- With the TK phenomenon, the male appears to be the carrier; the TK gene may be recessive in the female, but dominates only in the female.
- It appears that Ralph White carried the gene.
- Margaret Brigham, by purest chance, also carried the outlaw gene sign, but we may be fairly confident that it was recessive, as no information has ever been found to indicate that she had telekinetic powers resembling her daughter's.
- And the chances of meeting and marrying another woman with the TK gene at random would be small.
- None of the teams working on the problem have yet isolated the gene.
- Surely no one can doubt, in light of the Maine holocaust, that isolating this gene must become one of medicine's number-one priorities.
- The hemophiliac, or H gene, produces male issue with a lack of blood platelets.
- The telekinetic, or TK gene, produces female Typhoid Marys capable of destroying almost at will.... Wednesday afternoon.
- We know that this so-called "wild talent" is really a hereditary trait, produced by a gene that is usually recessive, if present at all.
- Progress is already being made toward complete isolation of the TK gene.
- see, for instance, Bourke and Hannegan's "A View Toward Isolation of the TK Gene with Specific Recommendations for Control Parameters" in Microbiology Annual, Berkeley: 1982
gene = segment of DNA that can influence biological traits
Definitions:
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(gene as in: the gene impacts eye color) a DNA sequence or unit of heredity that influences biological traits
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(meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus) More commonly, Gene can be a person's name.