[Dragaera] Breaking the Cycle - Genetic Purity

[Damien Sullivan]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 02:11:39PM -0600, Maximilian Wilson wrote:

> Dragaeran genetics may be totally different from genetics as we know
> it, but this doesn't make any sense under Mendelian genetics. If the
> allele in question is dominant, and a Yendi has two copies, yes, if he
> has a child with an Issola, the child is guaranteed to have a Yendi
> gene and a (hypothetical) Issola gene. But now his child doesn't have
> two copies of the Yendi gene, so there's an even chance that when the

Unless the Yendi gene is a segregation distorter, and engages in meiotic
drive, ending up in gametes more than it should.

-xx- Damien X-)