22-05-2016, 02:55
interesting, as I was researching as I often do, I came across this .. I was thinking .. hmm what a novel classification for those who do not want/ do not fit into the normal binary gender class. it is both descriptive and non-derogatory (in my opinion),plus its kind of fancy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allele
"The word "allele" is a short form of allelomorph ("other form", a word coined by William Bateson[3]), which was used in the early days of genetics to describe variant forms of a gene detected as different phenotypes. It derives from the Greek prefix ἀλλήλ, allel, meaning "reciprocal" or "each other", which itself is related to the Greek adjective ἄλλος (allos; cognate with Latin "alius"), meaning "other"."
what do you think?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allele
"The word "allele" is a short form of allelomorph ("other form", a word coined by William Bateson[3]), which was used in the early days of genetics to describe variant forms of a gene detected as different phenotypes. It derives from the Greek prefix ἀλλήλ, allel, meaning "reciprocal" or "each other", which itself is related to the Greek adjective ἄλλος (allos; cognate with Latin "alius"), meaning "other"."
what do you think?