[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, after seeing some of the comments made thus far - the question I have is, were my numbers more or less on the money, and if so, does it make for a reasonable explanation?
No, your numbers were not on the money. You're making the assumption that there's a 50% chance of having each of the specific genes, and the real chance can range anywhere from 0 to 100%, depending mostly on evolutionary advantage.
If you want to have a constant low rate of a trait, it implies that either the trait is not significantly evolutionarily favored (seems unlikely for magery) or that the trait is one which results in evolutionary disadvantages if it becomes too prevalent in the breeding pool (e.g. the gene for sickle-cell anemia gives resistance to malaria if you have one copy, but is likely to kill you if you have two copies).
A dominant gene that produces negative effects if it occurs twice is pretty easy to recognize, however, and would just mean that mages always breed with non-mages. Some combination of multiple genes is probably more reasonable.
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