#genes

made these studying cat genetics over the past 2 weeks!

i felt like there weren't enough visual guides of cat genetics so i went ahead and made some simple ones, my main references were Sparrow's Garden the website, Sparrow's Garden the blog, Messybeast, and The Little Carnivore.

In a video uploaded September 13th, 2012, a ton of genes were teased. All of these genes ended up being available on site launch, with two notable exceptions: the tertiary genes Ghost and Points

Ghost (and Magpie)

Ghost was teased as a gene that created a skull marking on the head of a dragon, a gradient down the neck of a dragon and a few splotches of color on a dragon's wings with a slight gradient

Image from the Flight Rising Wiki of the version of Ghost presented in the September 2012 preview video

Ghost would not release until February 12th, 2018. The release gene creates skeletal markings all over the body of a dragon and lacks gradients.

Then on May 13th, 2026, the tertiary gene Magpie released. The gene is likely a redesign of the wing gradients of 2012's version of ghost. They're very similar, but not 1 to 1.

The fact this post released on the same day magpie dropped is coincidence. This was scheduled almost a week in advance and of course magpie dropped about 10 minutes before this post was scheduled to go up.

Points

Points was teased as a gene that added fades to the points of a dragon - those being the muzzle, ears, top of wings, tail and the bottom of the legs. Similar points of coloration are found in real animals, notably in siamese cats

Image from the Flight Rising Wiki of the version of Points presented in the September 2012 preview video

Points finally released on October 10th, 2022, over ten years since it was teased. In the final version, the color coverage on all areas was extended.

So, what took so long?

Quite honestly, we don't know. It is worth noting that in the beginning, genes had be recolored by hand. Now, (most) genes are colored using a recolor engine and a base template with sections marking where each color should go.

Image of the template for Lionfish on Imperial Hatchlings from a February 22rd, 2023 gene fixing livestream.

Since the colors had to be done by hand and gradients can be finicky, even in a good art program, the decision may have been made that it wasn't worth the effort at the time, since the original plan was to have them obtainable using features outside of the marketplaces, which weren't implemented at the time (notably Ghost was supposed to obtainable from Baldwin's Bubbling Brew). In the end, both ending up being purchasable in the treasure marketplace

Undel on when Ghost and Points would be released

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to increased knowledge about gene regulation in human cells. How genes are turned on and off is crucial for the body's cells to have different functions. In this process, certain proteins, so-called transcription factors, find and recognize different binding sites on DNA in the body's cells to drive on or off signals. When this recognition goes wrong, it can give rise to many different types of diseases, such as cancer.

Oque diferencia um homem de uma mulher é basicamente o cromossomo y, formado uma cadeia de por volta de 50 genes, sendo que o único gene responsável pela existência do organismo masculino humano como nós conhecemos é o gene RSY, que causa uma mutação dos ovários em testículos, simples assim, através de mecanismos enzimáticos ocorre uma alteração a nível molecular alterando a codificação da formação de ovário em um testículo.

No início não era bem assim, organismos masculinos e femininos não tinham distinção pois eram compostos de dois cromossomos xx.

Mas o cromossomo y está em decadência, ou seja daqui a alguns milhões de anos homens e mulheres voltarão a ser a mesma coisa novamente.

Dependendo do estilo de vida e idade o cromossomo y desaparece do organismo do homem, estudos indicam que após 50 anos homens perdem cromossomos y( cromossomo masculino) de suas células, tornando-se naturalmente femininos bioquímicamente.

Transexuais ao tomarem hormônios femininos inibem mais rapidamente a ação e aceleram a desativação e degradação do cromossomo y de dentro das suas células.

Resumo: você homen só é homem por causa de mais ou menos 25 genes presentes cada um de seus cromossomos e meio a outros milhares de genes femininos presentes em seus cromossomos, e esses mesmos 25 genes estão desaparecendo da espécie humana, ou seja, você homen é uma mulher com uma pequena mutação que continua sofrendo outras mutações até desaparecer.

Ou a humanidade desenvolverá um método reprodutor ligado a partenogênese ou outros genes terão que se desenvolver para que a espécie descendente da humana continue se reproduzindo sem a presença do organismo masculino que já demonstra sinais de desaparecimento.