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[X-Men] If I (an ordinary human) somehow managed to insert a perfect copy of a particular mutant's X-gene into my genome, would I be able to develop the same powers as that mutant? Or at least similar powers?
gpt
You would probably develop a mutation, but it would probably not be the same one.

There is *an* X-Gene, which is responsible for all of the various mutant powers. This means something - probably something environmental - is responsible for which powers, if any, develop.

The fact that mutant parents can have children with wildly different powers also indicates that the X-Gene doesn't work exactly like traditional genetic inheritance.