“Genes interacting with the environment” isn’t the same thing as just genes, right? The moment you concede that the same gene can express in different ways in various circumstances, you’re no longer in “just genetics” land.
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If de novo mutations couldn't happen and persist, in the long run there could be no evolution
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No de novo mutation will change your sex, and it will only contribute to evolution if it is passed on down the germ line, ie via sex between two members of the opposite sex.
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It is absolutely true that I inherited mitochondria from my mother. It is absolutely true that you will never change sex.
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You know even the thing about mitochondria is not "absolutely" true, right There's no enforced law that makes it that way, it's just that the ratio in size between an ovum and the head of a sperm makes it much more likely the mitochondria in the new human come from the mother
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There is one absolute, that every human that has ever lived came out of the female of our species, that's how we've evolved. You pontificating on pretty much anything and everything doesn't change that
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Nah trans men give birth all the time
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