Re: (TFT) genetics and fomorians

[J&S/THE DEFILERS <strngcrgonyc@defilers.com>]

To make Fomorians rare, why not have the gene sequence that causes their
debilitation,  also cause them to go sterile???
Just a thought
SILAS
Pasha and or Rick Smith wrote:

> Hi Cas,
>         I read with interest your little essay below but I disagree
> with a couple of points in it.
>
>         The line "This also means that fomorians will always
> breed more fomorians..."  Even in the case where both parents
> carry the recessive, there will be a 25% chance that the offspring
> will not carry the trait at all.
>
>         Rather than always breeding more, to giants, fomorianism
> will pop up rarely.  Even if the fomorian phenotype is equally
> common with the non-fomorian gene, only one quarter of giants
> would carry the gene.
>
>         Rick
>
> >Dear all
> >a genetic hypothesis for fomorianism would be that it was a rare recessive
> >gene (i.e. the phenotype (a yukky fomorian) only manifests when there both
> >genes are present. i.e. George the giant carrying Ff (i.e. one gene
> >affected but normal appearance) marries Geraldine, a lovely giantess who
> >unluckily also carries the gene. This means that 1 in 4 children will be a
> >fomorian.
> >This also means that fomorians will always breed more fomorians (each
> >offspring should get a 3 in 6 chance of inheriting a parents' bonuses of
> >'alertness', 'acute hearing' or 'eyes behind', say). This will make larger,
> >more established communities more dangerous as 2nd & 3rd gen. fomorians wil
> >ahve a higher proprtion of bonuses.
> >
> >Giants, not being skilled mathematically nor having access to DNA sampling,
> >know vaguely about 'bad blood' in families that pops up now and again -
> >which makes giant parents all the more keen to hide their deformed
> >children, lest their young daughters (or sons) are deemed poor choices of
> >partners.
> >
> >Just some genetic thoughts
> >Cas
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