#Genotypes

[plastikov6]

[birdgenetics]

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte

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Love the type and color on this Wyandotte I saw at the Coulee show.

[darekasama]

Great news!!!

I may have figured out how to simplify human genotypes for my characters! 'Boutta make those family trees soooo consistent.

So far I got down sex, height, blood type, nose shape and eye shape. The first testing held up, so I'm very hopeful.

Hair/eye colour... might be close!!!! It's a mess because actual human genes are either a mystery of super complex, so my version is hella simplified and prob not 100% scientifically accurate, but as long as it helps with consistency I'll be happy.

And hey, if Warrior Cats can have it, so can I for my humans(*).

[dumpsterbabykuriza]

this is episode THREE and they already had whis do... this

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Where did that misconception of chimera cats having split face comes from?? And why do so many people believe it??

(Soon, I will have a crash out about people saying that non chimera cats are chimera. Just because they have split face doesn't mean that it's a chimera! Looking at you, Moonpaw, I know she's pretty possible, but she only helped to spread misinformation😾 they at least could have tried to do something creative, not just making her plain "tortoiseshell")

I suspect it comes from some confusion around bilateral gynandromorphism; a type of chimerism when half of the animal displays male and half of it female coloration.

This could give the idea that an animal with a straight vertical line between different colors must be a chimera, althought it doesn't work like that in either direction (color division doesn't necessarily indicate chimerism [see torties], and chimeras, including gynandromorphs aren't necessarily symmetric).

Re: Moonpaw. So from what i gathered, Moonpaw is supposed to be a chimera (although i expect that isn't explicitely stated in the books? Cats shouldn't know the word or about the whole concept really), and she has a stillborn sister (supposedly the voice in her head). That's obviously not about chimerism where the whole point is that there's only one baby in the end; i have to conclude Moonpaw is possessed, Cinderheart-style.

(This is honestly so funny. They made a "chimera" character whose major character arc is about sharing her body with someone, and then gave her a non-chimeric color and a non-chimeric "two person inside" explanation. 0/2 in understanding chimerism)

[shiut]

btw protip: when making fankid designs, look at the concept art of the parents for inspiration

[kedreeva]

There's a scientific paper on peafowl that just came out, you might like it. It's not open-access but I have it on good authority that the author will send you a copy if you email them. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15594491.2025.2450586?src=exp-la

I do like it! I'm glad they're publishing papers about peafowl (and if it's yours, congrats on the publication!) I will definitely ask to get a full copy so I can see methods and stuff, always nice to have more concrete info on hand.

I'll definitely have a deeper look, and I really hope that such a study could bring the money to do genotyping to prove it out further because absolutely it IS a concern that near species can hybridize and create fertile offspring, but knowing what I know, I'm just skeptical that the findings are actually accurate to the true percentages. I think it's probably much higher than assessed, given how prevalent Spaldings are in the pet/livestock trade (ALL of the major breeders producing 100s if not 1000s of birds a year breed Spaldings), and that any feral population is going to be fed from escapee birds.

*I did get a copy and started reading (haven't finished) but it's interesting to see the criteria used for Spaldings; facial skin shape on males and solid colored wing coverts. The former may be a decent method, but most spaldings don't show the wing covert trait until they have a decent amount of green blood! But already that was a good find- I have a friend who is constantly trying to explain to people that the solid wing coloration on a barred wing bird is NOT a blackshoulder gene showing through, but in fact a Spalding trait, so now she'll have some scientific proof backing her up!

I put it on my drive so I could read it, so here's the paper unpaywalled if anyone else wants to read it.

[renwick-artz]

Freaky Alien Genotype.

[plastikov6]

[chialattea]

Another genetic engineering exam, another drawing of me destroying MADS members as an offering to the academic gods

[haletostilinski]

Best Teen Wolf Episode: Round 1

[johniac]

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan 15, 2025

[dykesandditches]

I’m in the process of identifying some plant specimens and the biggest thing I’ve learned is that finding keys for my region is incredibly difficult. They’re either free online but pretty limited or very expensive books that would be helpful, but we don’t have money for them. I’ve been working out of Flora of the Pacific Northwest (which doesn’t even technically cover this region but it’s close enough) but the copy we have it from 1996. It’s a really great key but the problem is that a lot of the information is dated which makes cross referencing online a bit difficult. I knew the specimen I was working with might be in the Symphyotrichum genus. However, my key doesn’t have Symphyotrichum! In the photo is a list of different genera names that have historically been associated with Symphyotrichum. It becomes a scavenger hunt of either painstakingly keying my way to the correct genus (in Asteraceae I simply refuse) or cross referencing the index! There are a bunch of other ways to get to the right part of my book such as finding the historical name for the type species etc. but I just think it’s so interesting how much systematics have changed in the last ~30 years due to genotyping! It’s such a cool topic!

[intothestacks]

Cool Board Games for Your Library

Genotype

Age: 12+

Number of Players: 1-5

Playing Time: 45-90 minutes

Players have to try and find different parts of the genetic code in order to create high-value plants. Most genetic codes are common so it’ll be tough to pull together the genetics needed to create rarer plants. Players earn points by how many plants and what kind they are.

Why it's good for a library:

Small storage space

Educational

Versatile number of players