Thread 16750979

Does this make sense?

>>16750979 (OP)
Yeah, human chromosome 2 being the result of fusion between two ancestral chromosomes is famous. Do you have any questions?

>>16750979 (OP)
>Does this make sense?
Completely.

>>16750979 (OP)
Yes, but I've heard it claimed that this fusion site is highly unusual and that it is highly unlikely to have occurred in a natural setting. I've never heard a counter argument to this claim.

I remember when the chromosomes fused. My grandpa was an ape but my dad was fully human. Felt unlikely by ancestry but thats what mutations do

>>16751736
>I've never heard a counter argument to this claim.
The "counter argument" is the original argument is just pulled out of someone's ass and does not warrant rebuttal.

>>16751922
same, I have fond memories of my grandmother coming down from climbing trees, her long hairy tail clasping a bundle of bananas. mother would make banana bread and grandpa would tell us stories of the one time he and some other apes overthrew the government.

good times.

>>16750979 (OP)
I'm a [E]

>>16751038
how did the first person to carry this new chromosome reproduce? Did they have an uneven number of chromosomes?

I tried to ask chat gpt but it was clearly just vomiting wrong garbage