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 hit the Acropolis rock with his trident at the place where the Erechtheion was built later, and from the wounded earth a majestic horse arose as a gift to the citizens. The city however was named after Athena, for she gave the gift of the olive tree. The myth is indicative of a struggle between major religious currents during the Archaic period in Athens and although Athena dominated worship, ultimately the two gods coexisted peacefully upon the Acropolis rock through temples and legends.