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Old 10-07-2016, 02:49 PM   #59
Flyndaran
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Default Re: Catalog of the Weird Parallels

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Originally Posted by fchase8 View Post
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Genetics are not inherited; a father still impregnates a mother, but the child is no more like his or her parents than anyone else. The gender ratio is quite skewed, with one male for between four to eight females.
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Then what makes the child's genotype/phenotype?
Perhaps it could be like a feature of a Reincarnation limited Unkillable character I imagined.
Their genetics are a random assortment of the island's humans. This could let the secret out when a disguised barely human off-worlder simply visits as a child is conceived.
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