by Silversky » 04/09/2010 5:56 PM
Alright, I've finally got around to making this. If it's just plain confusing, tell me. XD
Aera genetics info~
Markings: All known Aera markings are either dominant or recessive of others. For example, Requiem is the most dominant, and will show up over all other markings, and Hydro is least dominant, being covered by all other markings. (…and that’s all I’m going to tell you about the order. XD The rest you’d have to figure out yourself~)
The top and bottom markings are separate, and each Aera has one set of genes for the top marking, and one for the bottom. (The only exception to this is when an Aera has extra markings, because the extras count as recessives.) Aera carry recessive genes from their parents, however.
Example (since I know I’m not that great at explaining things):
One Aera has Requiem for her top marking, and the other Aera has Eternal for his top marking. The first Aera would have RR for her top marking gene, and the male would have EE for his. Their offspring would all have RE as their gene, and have the marking Requiem, because Requiem is dominant. If one of the offspring bred with an Aera that had, for example, Turbulence and Eternal (TE), then their offspring could have any of the following genes:
RT (Requiem, Turbulence recessive), RE (Requiem, Eternal recessive), TE (Turbulence, Eternal recessive) or EE (Eternal).
Also, the only add-ons that carry over to the offspring are extra markings and wing removal. The extra markings are recessive, but the offspring can only have two markings. If one parent Aera has wing removal there is a 15 percent chance the offspring will have it. If both parents have wing removal, there is a 30 percent chance. Offspring carry this, but they only carry 5 percent if they don't have wing removal themselves. So two Aera who only carry it would have a 10 percent chance of their offspring having no wings, etc.
(...I hope that made at least some sense.)
Colors: Aera’s colors can come from just about anywhere on the parents. There is a higher chance of the color coming from the marking, base, wing, or part of tail that corresponds on the parents, with lesser chances of it coming from elsewhere on the parent Aera. The colors are also a mix of the parents’ colors, so that in-between colors are likely to show up on the offspring. Eye colors can be either one of the parents’ eye-colors, or a mix of the two.
There is a 10 percent chance that any given marking, wing, or base color may be a normal gradient of the parent’s two chosen colors. There is a 3 percent chance that it will be a rainbow gradient.
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