Post by M.R.Blackthorn on May 22, 2017 19:46:28 GMT
The Ketzateri have a somewhat more complex genetics system than the Ketep, but not by much.
Base Color Genetics
Now, since the Ketzateri have the smallest number of base colors, you may have guessed it, but they'll have a few less types of modifiers.
Base color is controlled by one main pair of genes along with several “modifier” genes.
“T” is the base gene, which controls whether the basic color is Tan or Cream.
Tan is dominant, so TT or Tt will result in Tan colors.
Cream is recessive, so for Cream colors to occur, tt is needed.
Without modifiers, "TT" or "Tt" will be Tan.
Without modifiers, "tt" will be cream.
All modifiers require two recessive copies in order to cause their effect. Some require other modifiers or a certain base to work as well. If a modifier says it overwrites, this means it will be the one that applies, unless overwritten by another modifier. Here’s the current list of modifiers:
Ketzateri are the only Ket to lack the Darken, Red, and Shading modifiers!
Dilute causes a the base to lighten in color. Paired with Tan, it causes Sand, while paired with Cream it causes Light Cream. Represented by “D”, and can overwrite all other modifiers.
Graying is a modifier that causes the Ash color to occur. Overwrites all but Dilute. Represented by "G".
Black is as it sounds, causing a black, or melanistic coloration. Overwritten by all but White. Can only be applied to Tan bases. Represented by “B”.
White causes White color to occur. Overwritten by all modifiers. Represented by “W”.
Eye Colors
Eye color are potentially the most complex system, but all three species share the same system for eyes, solely to make it a little more simple.
Eye colors are on a dominance system, where to show, a color only needs one dominant copy of its gene, while all colors more dominant than it have two recessive copies. If all color genes are recessive, it will result in the “fail” color. Here’s a quick example. Let’s say Red, Blue, and Green are dominant in that order. Yellow is the “fail” color. R is for Red, B for Blue, and G for Green.
All red needs is one dominant copy of its pair of genes to show. So anything with RR or Rr will have red eyes. rr will mean red won’t show.
Blue needs “rr” plus one copy of its pair to be “B”. rr BB or rr Bb will show blue eyes. bb means blue won’t show.
Green needs both “rr” and “bb” along with needing a dominant copy of its own. rr bb GG or rr bb Gg will be green eyed. gg means no green.
Yellow eyes need all three to have two recessive copies, meaning only rr bb gg will result in yellow eyes.
Now onto the actual colors!
The dominance order is as followed: Yellow(Y), Amber/Orange(A), Brown(Br), Green(G), Blue(Bl), Red(R), and Purple(P)*. Silver eyes are the “fail” color.
There are also a few modifiers for eye colors. Like with base colors, they require two recessive copies.
Light will cause a lighter, or sometimes brighter, version of the color. Represented by “L”.
Darken will cause a dark color. “D” represents this modifier.
Mixing, or “bi-color” will cause the two most dominant colors to both show in the eye. Represented by “M”.
Heterochromic will cause the eyes to be two different colors, using the two most dominant colors. Represented by “H”.
Mixing and Heterochromic only work if there are at least two colors with at least one dominant allele. Purple does not count towards this.
That’s 11 sets of genes just to determine eye color
However, it allows for a lot of variety, which is always nice for having unique characters!
This means there are:
-Somewhere around 480+ different combinations for genetics.
-24 basic eye colors(the 8 colors plus there two variants each).
-15 Heterochromic and 15 "Mixing" colors.
--That means a total of 54 eye colors! (Dang...)
*All races, with the exception of Snow Ketio will have two recessive copies, making Purple colors very hard to obtain. Hybrid races can inherit a dominant copy from a Snow Ketio parent. Fun fact: Etahoro’s son, Bjorn, is the only pure Ketep that has such eyes, inherited from his divine ancestry.
Base Color Genetics
Now, since the Ketzateri have the smallest number of base colors, you may have guessed it, but they'll have a few less types of modifiers.
Base color is controlled by one main pair of genes along with several “modifier” genes.
“T” is the base gene, which controls whether the basic color is Tan or Cream.
Tan is dominant, so TT or Tt will result in Tan colors.
Cream is recessive, so for Cream colors to occur, tt is needed.
Without modifiers, "TT" or "Tt" will be Tan.
Without modifiers, "tt" will be cream.
All modifiers require two recessive copies in order to cause their effect. Some require other modifiers or a certain base to work as well. If a modifier says it overwrites, this means it will be the one that applies, unless overwritten by another modifier. Here’s the current list of modifiers:
Ketzateri are the only Ket to lack the Darken, Red, and Shading modifiers!
Dilute causes a the base to lighten in color. Paired with Tan, it causes Sand, while paired with Cream it causes Light Cream. Represented by “D”, and can overwrite all other modifiers.
Graying is a modifier that causes the Ash color to occur. Overwrites all but Dilute. Represented by "G".
Black is as it sounds, causing a black, or melanistic coloration. Overwritten by all but White. Can only be applied to Tan bases. Represented by “B”.
White causes White color to occur. Overwritten by all modifiers. Represented by “W”.
Eye Colors
Eye color are potentially the most complex system, but all three species share the same system for eyes, solely to make it a little more simple.
Eye colors are on a dominance system, where to show, a color only needs one dominant copy of its gene, while all colors more dominant than it have two recessive copies. If all color genes are recessive, it will result in the “fail” color. Here’s a quick example. Let’s say Red, Blue, and Green are dominant in that order. Yellow is the “fail” color. R is for Red, B for Blue, and G for Green.
All red needs is one dominant copy of its pair of genes to show. So anything with RR or Rr will have red eyes. rr will mean red won’t show.
Blue needs “rr” plus one copy of its pair to be “B”. rr BB or rr Bb will show blue eyes. bb means blue won’t show.
Green needs both “rr” and “bb” along with needing a dominant copy of its own. rr bb GG or rr bb Gg will be green eyed. gg means no green.
Yellow eyes need all three to have two recessive copies, meaning only rr bb gg will result in yellow eyes.
Now onto the actual colors!
The dominance order is as followed: Yellow(Y), Amber/Orange(A), Brown(Br), Green(G), Blue(Bl), Red(R), and Purple(P)*. Silver eyes are the “fail” color.
There are also a few modifiers for eye colors. Like with base colors, they require two recessive copies.
Light will cause a lighter, or sometimes brighter, version of the color. Represented by “L”.
Darken will cause a dark color. “D” represents this modifier.
Mixing, or “bi-color” will cause the two most dominant colors to both show in the eye. Represented by “M”.
Heterochromic will cause the eyes to be two different colors, using the two most dominant colors. Represented by “H”.
Mixing and Heterochromic only work if there are at least two colors with at least one dominant allele. Purple does not count towards this.
That’s 11 sets of genes just to determine eye color
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This means there are:
-Somewhere around 480+ different combinations for genetics.
-24 basic eye colors(the 8 colors plus there two variants each).
-15 Heterochromic and 15 "Mixing" colors.
--That means a total of 54 eye colors! (Dang...)
*All races, with the exception of Snow Ketio will have two recessive copies, making Purple colors very hard to obtain. Hybrid races can inherit a dominant copy from a Snow Ketio parent. Fun fact: Etahoro’s son, Bjorn, is the only pure Ketep that has such eyes, inherited from his divine ancestry.