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where's my damn plume (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Between this, my stripes, and my tail.. all things I have genes for, but no activation...

I'm kinda pissed, being human could be far less cringe

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Humans do have stripes but we ourselves can’t see them.

    Look up Blaschko lines

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    isn't that only true for XX chromosome people?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I say this without doing any googling (big risk) but I'm pretty sure everyone has them - they're the lines along which your skin originally formed in the womb. Or where your skin currently grows and migrates from. Or both. Maybe I should have googled lol

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