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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's probably what they were looking for.

In that context, I might argue the actual opposite would be non-coding DNA. As both dominant and recessive are still functional DNA, they're not so much opposites as they are alternatives.

But I've made those kinds of arguments in school enough, to know the teacher still probably wouldn't accept my debating semantics. Even if they admit I'm right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah i did that a fair bit in school until i realised that everyone doesnt literally mean everything they say.

So the reason people get snippy is that they think you know what they meant but are nitpicking to be disruptive, since everyone should have understood what was meant, to their minds.