Hereditary?

[inlove]

? i have heard many things on this topic.. but i was wondeering if anyone could verify; is your penis size,shape and texture and stuff heriditary.. such as are u given 2 alleels from each parent? or how does it work?

[HikaruTheHunter]

First off, heredity and puberty are totally different things. Heredity has to do with how you grow up and what you will look like, for example eye color, hair color, etc.

Puberty has to do with the growth of your body, penis size, and that other stuff. So its puberty not heredity.

And yes you are given two alleles from each parent along with the dominant and recessive traits.

[INFERNO]

First off, heredity and puberty are totally different things. Heredity has to do with how you grow up and what you will look like, for example eye color, hair color, etc.

Puberty has to do with the growth of your body, penis size, and that other stuff. So its puberty not heredity.

And yes you are given two alleles from each parent along with the dominant and recessive traits.

That's the very simple Mendelian genetics, which sadly, it isn't always a simple case of R = dominant and r = recessive. I'd love it if it were, however, you'll realize that lots of issues dealing with humans and other organisms isn't necessarily that simple. A great example is epistasis, where multiple genes interact in order to produce a given phenotype. So, none of this simply given two alleles for each gene.

Heredity is passing the genetic information onto the progeny. From there, it does not involve how you mature and end up looking. That involves differentiation and development, both of which require heredity to occur first but are not included in the process of heredity.

Puberty you got correct.

[HikaruTheHunter]

Thanks. I haven't done life science in a while. lol
But thanks.

[Antares]

I would say the short answer to your question is yes.
However, there are some issues. Okay, so you get traits from your dad and mom right. Well I think traits such as hairyness and even penis size could be passed down. However, since people don't typically compare their penis size with their anscestors, it is kinda hard to tell. So I would say "no" because you are your own person. And every single thing about you is unique. However, in genetics, there is the possibility that you can be very similar to a parent or ancestor. But you will never really know.
I hope this made some sense :P

[Oblivion]

I would think that penis size, shape, and texture are just as involved with heredity as any other physical feature of your body.
So basically, yeah.

[inlove]

HAH thanks oblivion & jupiter.. i was looking for a short answer not a science lesson =]

[Antares]

HAH thanks oblivion & jupiter.. i was looking for a short answer not a science lesson =]

Lol yea. I had enough of Biology this year. I don't want to get into all the alleles and other things.

[inlove]

Lol yea. I had enough of Biology this year. I don't want to get into all the alleles and other things.

AGREED^^ lol... i am only in 3ighth grade and we started doin that stuff and i had a tuff time =D

[chris__robin]

okay so your genes come from your mother and father.
not all traits are controlled by a single gene, for example height and skin colour are the result of many genes that interact and work together, which is why you dont grow up to be the exact height as one of your parents.
the simple answer is phenotype = genotype + environment,
and your parents genetic material undergoes recombination during fertilisation
so theres a lot of factors that contribute to genetic variability.

i guess to answer your question, the onset of puberty is genetically triggered, and the height to which you grow and your penis and everything else is in your genetic makeup which comes from your parents, so indirectly speaking yer.