Inheritance of Genes
IgnorantBliss:
Quote from: Motoki on 2006 March 16, 06:50:27
You know, I think the whole DNA thing is screwy anyhow. I just checked the DNA of a baby sim I had born into the game. She's got red hair (recessive) inherited from her mom, except the problem with that is, her mom has black hair and is a downtownie with homogenous genes for black/black. I never messed with her DNA either, so where the heck did the red come from? ???
Did you check the mom's genes with SimPE? Many of the NPCs in the game have different genes from their appearance, the most famous example probably being Kaylynn who has black hair but blonde genes.
From what I know, the inheriting of facial characteristics does not depend on the gender of the child, but rather which features each parent has labelled dominant. A dominant feature has something like a 60% chance of being passed on. With each sim, the chances of a feature being labelled dominant or recessive depends on their gender, yes. So, a female sim has a higher chance of her eyes being dominant, for example. So, she has a higher chance of passing on her eye shape to her kids, either male or female.
Regina:
Wait a minute! LOL No, she didn't marry a prof! It was the policeman, Dorian Kaucher! Since he came default in the game it's possible he was created with another hair color then 'dyed'. I was thinking it was a prof in a neighborhood I had used DeleteAllCharacters in, but it wasn't. At any rate, maybe that's what happened. How do you see in SimPE what his genetics are?
maxon:
Quote from: Motoki on 2006 March 16, 04:53:58
The facial features as far as I am aware work differently. I don't think one feature is dominant over the other other than I believe the child has a slightly higher (60/40 IIRC) chance of getting the facial features of the parent of the same gender over the one of the opposite one. This is for each facial feature, not the whole face as a whole, so 60/40 on the eyes, 60/40 on the nose, 60/40 on the lips etc. The game basically does a random mishmash and puts the features together. You can see this by using the child creator tool in the CAS. The hair and eyes follow defined patterns (dominant or recessive) but the facial features are pretty random.
ooo Motoki - that sounds like a testable theory!
Cracks knuckles.
I'm glad someone posted the link to Sims2DB - I got the info about it from here. Someone here works on the project I think.
maxon:
Quote from: Motoki on 2006 March 16, 06:50:27
You know, I think the whole DNA thing is screwy anyhow. I just checked the DNA of a baby sim I had born into the game. She's got red hair (recessive) inherited from her mom, except the problem with that is, her mom has black hair and is a downtownie with homogenous genes for black/black. I never messed with her DNA either, so where the heck did the red come from? ???
Oh I had that happen with Amin Sims. I was told some of the townies/downtownies die their hair.
Jysudo:
Quote from: IgnorantBliss on 2006 March 16, 07:20:33
From what I know, the inheriting of facial characteristics does not depend on the gender of the child, but rather which features each parent has labelled dominant. A dominant feature has something like a 60% chance of being passed on. With each sim, the chances of a feature being labelled dominant or recessive depends on their gender, yes. So, a female sim has a higher chance of her eyes being dominant, for example. So, she has a higher chance of passing on her eye shape to her kids, either male or female.
Finally I am getting the answer I need. How about the rest of the features such as jaw shape, ear, lips etc? Where did you get the above info from? Where can I find out more? Thanks!
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