Flitter Genetics 101 : Lecture on Color

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<table class=ooc><tr><td>Welcome to the series. All are welcome to join at this point. To be counted as ‘Enrolled’ in this class, all you have to do is reply here. These threads will be open for a 3 week period, and the Series will culminate in a Flitter Breeding Project at the end. (You’ll receive 4 birds for the project, 2 male, 2 female, from Turrush)

After the one Week of being Open, the threads will be closed to all new comers and the projects will be assigned.

Please Treat http://genetics.shadowlack.com/Square.phphttp://genetics.shadowlack.com/Square.php</a>, http://genetics.shadowlack.com/Flitter2.phphttp://genetics.shadowlack.com/Flitter2.php</a> and http://genetics.shadowlack.com/Visual-Flitter.phphttp://genetics.shadowlack.com/Visual-Flitter.php</a> as ‘Text book’ material. Anything in <span style='color:red'>red</span> is something that Turrush has written on the chalk board.</td></tr></table>
Timestamp
Current Day: 41
Current Quarter/Month: Tria (Summer)
Current Year: Year 81378
Time: Last hour before lunchtime

With a small smile and a nod over his class, Turrush grinned slightly. “Welcome class. My Name is Professor Turrush Sjoahuajs, and you have chosen to enroll in Flitter Genetics 101, I will assist you on a path that could lead to you becoming a breeder of fine creatures. This is a brief class, that will do little more than give you the basics, and leave you to experiment with them.

LetÂ’s begin the lecture now. As I am sure you have learned in more basic genetics courses, each creature contains a coded genome in itÂ’s cells. We will begin to talk about the interaction of genes with each other. Our example species will be the Flitter, as extensive breeding has been done by many Pendragons over many years."

He slowly uncovered a tiny cage draped in a cloth, witch contained 3 tiny birds, one Red, one Blue, and one Yellow. "these three birds are what is called the ‘Primary Colorations’. These birds are genetically ‘Strait’ for their color genes. The red is ‘AA’, the blue is ‘BB’, and the Yellow is ‘CC’." He reaches over and uncovers another cage, containing a white bird with red eyes. "Albino is ‘dd’, and is most offend Classed as a ‘Primary Coloration’. These four colors are very important to the species, as they are the most common colors found in the wild." The cage with the little white bird is covered again.

"Breeding ‘Primary Colorations’ to each other is interesting, as any breeding between different ‘Primary colorations’ will result in ‘Secondary Colorations’." Another cage is revealed, this one containing a purple, an orange, and a green Flitter. "Much like mixing paint, the breeding of a Red and a Blue result in purple, Genetically ‘AB’. Breeding a Red to a Yellow results in an Orange Bird, genetically ‘AC’. Finally, breeding a Blue and a Yellow results in a Green, genetically ‘BC’. Keep in mind that the genes can be reversed without changing the color of the bird, and pattern may cause colors to show up without the genes mixing, but that’s another lecture entirely." Again, the cage is covered, and a new one uncovered.

"The Tertiary colors are next, and are caused by crossing Primary and secondary coloration animals. Purple and Red make Magenta, Blue and purple make Indigo, Yellow and Purple make Sienna, Red and green result in Tan, Blue and Green make Teal, Yellow and green cause lime, Red and Orange make Pumpkin, Blue and Orange are Violet, and finally, crossing Yellow and Orange make Sunkissed Birds. The exact genotypes of these more uncommon colorations can be found in your text." The cage containing the little example birds is covered again.

"Now, the only thing we have left to discuss for this lesson is the Genes themselves. Flitter contain several unusual genes. The first is the ‘True’ gene. A True color is what you get when you breed a secondary split or tertiary split color to the same split color. The presence of the ‘True’ gene results in an <span style='color:red'>E</span> for standard colors and <span style='color:red'>e</span>. Now, a Split color is when you have two separate dominant genes. Split Cross is as split, but with a dominate and a recessive. Split Recessive is as Split, but with all recessive genes.

The ‘True’ gene is caused by the presence of the ‘Replicator’ or <span style='color:red'>~</span> gene that is present invisibly in all Strait colors. A Strait gene is a gene set in which all genes are the same, and both dominate. Strait Cross is the same gene, with one dominate and one recessive. Strait Recessive is the same gene with both being recessive.

When two splits of the same color are crossed, the replicator genes interact, causing the Punnett square to defy it’s normal logic. If you do not remember Punnett squares, it is explained by the textbook. The abnormal punnett square causes all of the to appear as recessive versions of the parents genes with the ‘E’ placed before it. This unusual reaction is drawn out in your text book if you would like visual reference.

Pastel birds are crosses with Albinos. They carry one of the <span style='color:red'>d</span> genes of the albino. So a pastel red is <span style='color:red'>Ad</span>. Breeding two Split Pastels causes the same phenomenon as the standard split breeding. Though the results would be slightly different. The gene that appears looks like this: <span style='color:red'>EAd</span>. Any gene with the ‘E’ or ‘e’ genes is referred to as a ‘True’ color genetically. Pastels also comes in a True Recessive variety where the color gene appears as recessive.

Now, if you have questions, now is the time to ask them. WeÂ’ve got alittle time befor the lesson is over."