Leucistic parents just made a melanistic baby...

[Shigemi Notoge]

I just had two Leucistic fallow deer give birth to a melanistic baby. I'm not sure how Planet Zoo calculates the genetic values, but since in nature, melanism and amelanism are complete polar opposites and would effect the same gene for melanin production, it is doubtful if not *impossible* that TWO deer would BOTH have BOTH recessive genes. So HOW is this possible and WHY is this possible? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but this should be a genetic impossibility.

[GunRunner89X]

You really don't understand how genetics works......

And the correct word would be 'improbable', not 'impossible', Because... it is possible.

And most importantly of all... it's a game... Doesn't have to be 100% correct on 100% everything...

[Shigemi Notoge]

GunRunner89X eredeti hozzászólása:

You really don't understand how genetics works......

And the correct word would be 'improbable', not 'impossible', Because... it is possible.

And most importantly of all... it's a game... Doesn't have to be 100% correct on 100% everything...

I did say "it is doubtful, IF NOT impossible." But they reason I jumped to that is, because one mutation makes the gene responsible for producing melanin produce MORE melanin, and the other mutation makes the gene responsible for melanin production produce LESS, melanin. so they cannot both exist at the same time, in nature.

UNLESS I am mistaken about them both effecting the same gene, I find it HIGHLY IRREGULAR that TWO animals should BOTH present with a leucistic phenotype while it's genotype carries both leucistic AND melanistic markers. That's all I'm saying. But, I am not intimately familiar with the specific genetic makeup of the European Fallow Deer, and so I could be wrong. as I do not know which specific gene(s) is/are effected.

And yes, I realise it's a game, but I was remarking specifically on how the game must handle those genetic markers separately. different to how they would naturally occur, and I found it fascinating.

[swskydancer]

I feel the game handles genetics really well, overall. If they took a little "creative license", it was probably done so that players can get a color morph they seek. We tend to be a little rabid on wanting to achieve obtaining every morph for every animal. :)