Re: [BNW] Power groups....

[Prince Nightchilde <nghtchld@applink.net>]

Lane Pearson wrote:
> First off, DNA is a double helix, not a spiral. And I believe what your
> describing is called gene linking. Its why most naural blondes have blue
> eyes. The alleles are right next to each other on the helix, so they tend
> to get swapped out on the same section when gametes are made. (In case your
> wondering, each gamete takes exactly one half of the parent's DNA since
> each gene comes in a pair; whole sections of the DNA appear to assemble
> into the gamete, rather than each individual gene glomming on by itself.)
> What makes everything more complex is that certain complicated parts of a
> human like skin color (Or super powers?) are actually defined by groups of
> several genes, like a binary code, so ABCD is black hair, while aBcD is
> brown, and abcD is blonde, for example.

Ah, that was the information I couldn't quite put my brain around.

Perhaps the Deltas have an extra gene group, called, oh, I dunno, the
Delta Helix Structure or something, that "normies" don't have, thus (in
comic book logic) giving them their extra powers.

<shrug>  Just a thought.

Prince Nightchilde