#charizard's queue

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“Our Charizard is so very large because he is the result of a rare breeding. His papa was a Charizard from a line that is well known for their strength, making them excellent starters at the cost of being more difficult to handle. It just so happens that this line also carries the possibility of being much larger than normal.”

“We will use this very simplified example. The red creature has what we will call the RR gene. The yellow creature, likewise, has the YY gene. When they are bred together, we will say that the two genes do not make a new one when combined, but override each other. As such, there are two outcomes possible: another RR offspring or a YY offspring. However, the gene pool has been muddied and they now carry the other gene. The YY child will look just like the YY parent, but think of it as having “half” of the RR gene, represented by the single (R). Without the second R, the gene is invisible.”

“Now, let’s say you have two creatures that carry this invisible (R). When bred together, there is a chance (only a chance) that these two ordinary YY parents will throw an RR child. They each have “half” of the RR gene, meaning it’s possible that they will complete each other rather than simply create more YY children.”

“Keep up, s’il vous plait. That is the hardest part out of the way.”

“Returning to Charizard, both his parents carried a gene relating to size. Unknown to the breeders or their respective trainers, a Charmander was hatched possessing this hidden gene and then given away as a starter Pokemon.”

“The result, of course, was a Charizard much larger than normal with the colors taken from both the parents.”