So the Queen, Marie, is ZZX.  Where did the Z come from.  Perhaps the ZW sex determination system that is found in Birds and some insects - gee birds fly and some insects fly!.  In the ZW system - ZW is female and ZZ is male.  Now Marie is ZZX and apparently not a mosaic so here germ cells are ZZX.  Not exactly sure how they were able to combine the genetic material but apparently a combination of a ZZ male bird or insect with an XX female is such a way that there was Nondisjuncture in the male but disjuncture in Marie????  Going to have to think about this!!!!!

"Even crazy people sometimes base their fiction on an ounce of truth" -Scott Sigler

Much Ado About something here...  Ok good doctor, I know you teach the Biology in Houston, but be kind to those here that don't know so much!  ie Use your small words! :p

Okay so for the non-genetic geeks here's what she's saying:

Mommy gots some screwed up DNA!

A little more technical, "Daddy" isn't deciding the sex  (as normally done by most mammals) or whether it's creature vs human form , instead Mommy is.  This is more common in birds and insects. 

And it's looking more like Mommy got "screwed" by Daddy in more ways than one...

- "I don't have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka." -Dr. Horrible

- "I don't have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka." -Dr. Horrible

I wonder? The way Momma pops out all those little ones, if it wasnt a fertility experiment gone awry? 

[brood en brood met brood ertussen] - My Mothers famous answer to whats for dinner!

Good analogy. 

Personally I thought of bees and wasps, but I know Sigler loves him some ants. (Don't ask how I know this, but you will understand in the future, I promise).  And since bees, wasps and ants are really all the same, I think it's the way to go.

Oh geez this is getting me thinking about my entomology background...

Twowire.  A fertility experiment gove awry.  And, it explains all of the crawling things in Mommy's belly and the fact she seems to be a rolly polly type of gal!  And her language - which I can't understand!

"Even crazy people sometimes base their fiction on an ounce of truth" -Scott Sigler

I thought about ants too but given the way some of Marie's children can basically fly through the air I then started thinking either birds or flying insects.  Yes, I know some ants can fly my dear friend Mr Gatorrock entomologist!!!!! 

"Even crazy people sometimes base their fiction on an ounce of truth" -Scott Sigler

She does remind me of an Insect queen. Be it ant, termite or other large quantity egg laying insect.

[brood en brood met brood ertussen] - My Mothers famous answer to whats for dinner!

            Wife: Marie-Gabrielle Beaulne Lefrançois 

          Father: Jean Bosne
          Mother: Madeleine Bourgery

         Husband: Léonard Lalande-Latreille 
         Married: 18 novembre 1698     in Lachine  

          Father: Jean Lalande Latreille
          Mother: Marie Larivière

       M Child 1: Antoine Lalande 
            Born:                      in  
            Died:                      in  

Name Index

We could all benefit from familiarizing ourselves with a dictionary. =P

What organization had the necessary tech to do that kind of experimentation over 200 years ago?

 We'll have to get some confirmation from the FDO on which spelling of Latreille / Latrielle is correct so I can ensure the wiki reflects it.

~~~ mwhuahahahahaha ... so it's, you know, coming along ~~~~~~~

- "I don't have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka." -Dr. Horrible

registered as a US citizine is she?..

The Irishman from Ohio

True Dat, True Dat,  Doesn't seem to be a requirement.

"Even crazy people sometimes base their fiction on an ounce of truth" -Scott Sigler

It is also interesting that Pierre was an ordained Priest.  Priest have a Saviour!  Saviour is responsible for keeping people above ground safe from the evil below ground. Hummmm!!!!  Scott, you are a sly little devil aren't you!!!!! 

"Even crazy people sometimes base their fiction on an ounce of truth" -S. Sigler

- "I don't have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka." -Dr. Horrible

Oh not gonna tag you on the flying ants... 

My comment is that wasps are the same as ants.  Just one is normally wingless.  IF you need me to use big words, they're both Hymenoptera.   

And I'm going to suspect that Sigler is a complete ant whore and that he knows about the Australian "Jumping Jack" Ant.  Therefore he just added his own twist to the whole sick world he is creating. BUT the only problem with this... ants are generally female, not male.  So that's a point to you. 

Bees have two main groups: the Drones which are haploids, but unlike how we’d designate in humans with just  one sex chromosome, the bees are Male. Then there are the Workers, which are female, they are diploid.  Which may in some way also explain why we’ve only seen 1 other female in the story, and she seems completely “normal”.  Course I need ot go back a re-listen to the episode with who has what chrosomes. 

But to get a new queen, a female bee is fed Royal Jelly and Bee’s Milk while a larva.  Which some how I see our FDO finding away to work that into the already disgusting mommy figure.    

Also a really special feature of insects is they store sperm after they mate.  Yes one sexual encounter and they can produce young for the rest of their life!  Boy would that change how people hooked up in humans! 

Of course I in the end think we have a mish-mash of insect things happening here (Let’s remember Sucka, the mosquito snatch boy).