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male pattern baldness is inherited from the mother not the father. Don't know is Shatner is bald or balding but what is father's hairline did is genetically irrelevant.
No. The contention that male pattern baldness is inherited exclusively from the mother's side and that the father's ancestry does not play a genetic role is not given credence by the scientific community. http://www.hairlossspecialists.com/hair-loss-myths.cfm
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male pattern baldness is inherited from the mother not the father. Don't know is Shatner is bald or balding but what is father's hairline did is genetically irrelevant.
ReplyDeleteNo. The contention that male pattern baldness is inherited exclusively from the mother's side and that the father's ancestry does not play a genetic role is not given credence by the scientific community.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hairlossspecialists.com/hair-loss-myths.cfm
You're both wrong! Baldness can come from the father's side.
ReplyDeleteanonymous can't read very well
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