[Dragaera] Breaking the Cycle - Genetic Purity

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"Maximilian Wilson" <wilson.max at gmail.com> 
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>The effect you describe can't come from Mendelian genetics, but you
>might follow Greg Cochran's route and postulate that Yendi-ness is the
>result of a pathogen infecting an existing embryo, rather than part of
>the DNA. Then you get to hijack the existing genes without worrying
>about dominant/recessive traits. Basically, Yendi-ness results from
>your mom catching an STD; alternatively it could be something you
>catch yourself in early development.

So... Being a Yendi is purely a Social Disease?

Majikjon