Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: *Hitchhiker's Thumb* The ability to bend the thumb backward (at least 45 degrees) is a caused by a dominant allele. The proper term for this is distal hyperextensibility.People with dominant alleles have more flexible ligaments and thus looser joints.However, other sites say that hitchhiker's thumb is autosomal recessive so your best bet would be to trust your textbook or just ask your teacher!Source(s): I take AP Biology! sparkles62190 Â· 8 years ago.eople with dominant alleles have more flexible ligaments and thus looser joints. However, other sites say that hitchhiker's thumb is autosomal recessive so your best bet would be to trust your textbook or just ask your teacher! Source(s): I take AP Biology!
The Emperor Caligula once decided to go to war with the Roman God of the sea, Poseidon, and ordered his soldiers to throw their spears into the water at random. (14) Comments invisible pink unicorn:
Poseidon was best-known as the Greek god of the sea. He was also the god of earthquakes and the god of horses. So, if you are asking his domain with respect to where he lived, â¦ that would be in the ocean or on the ocean floor, although the primary gods also had residences on Olympus.he god of the sea and one of the Olympians, son of Cronus and Rhea. he is said to have been more powerful then Zeus his brother whom is considered the sovereign ruler and assumed eldest son. * He presided over the sea.