Dominance Orders for furs, eyes & traits in Google Docs

[Tad Carlucci]

In brief:

There are (currently) nine traits: Fur, Eye Color, Eye Shape, Pupil Size, Shade, Tail, Ears, Whiskers Color, and Whiskers Shape.

Each trait is independent of the others. For example, there is no relationship between Fur and Eye Color.

Each trait has a number of values. For example, for Fur: Genesis Coco and Russian White are two of the several possible values.

Each trait value has a distinct value: no two names have the same value. That is, when we "compare" the values, no two differently-name traits are "equal". For two different names: one is "dominant" and the other "recessive".

Each cat has exactly two values for each trait. When we "compare" the values, the "dominant" one determines what we see and the "recessive" on is "hidden". For example, a cat with the Genesis Coco and Russian White traits will "show" Genesis Coco, and hide either Genesis Coco or something more "recessive" .. in this case Russian White.

When producing an offspring, each parent randomly chooses one of the two values for each of the nine traits and passes those to the offspring. Since each offspring has two parents, this gives it the two values for each trait which is needs. Comparing those values passed to the offspring determines which is "dominant" ("shown" and, therefore, what we see) and which is "recessive".

The selection of which value that parent passes is "even odds". That is, it's a 1-in-2 chance to pass the "shown / dominant" and a 1-in-2 chance to pass the "hidden / recessive".

These odds are fixed and constant, and independent of each other. That is, the result from, say the Fur, has no bearing upon the, say, Pupil Shape.

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The other factors for your cat (gender and size) are also randomly determined, and independent of all other factors. These are NOT breedable, and fully random. Your actions can NOT effect the results .. specifically, you can NOT "breed for Size"

Gender is fixed at 1-in-2 odds for Male and 1-in-2 odds for Female.

The odds for Size are unknown but Normal appears far more often than any other size so it's safe to assume, while fixed and constant, the odds are NOT "even" for each size .. some sizes are more likely, and some are less.

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The other random factor is the production of a Jewel. This is fully random and cannot be effected by your actions. The odds are unknown but appear to be VERY slim that a given offspring will appear with a Jewel.

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Saga's Charts are our community's attempt to determine the relationships between those values.