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[TheBronzePickle]

I always imagined that the activation of different genes that would create a pegasus or unicorn would be more complex.

Say, a_p is pegasus, a_u is unicorn, and A is earth pony. Sex determines which of the recessives ends up dominant if one of each is provided, with XX preferential to unicorns and XY preferential to pegasi. Alicornism is either a rare mutation, a trisomy-based disorder, or linked to a sexual gene disorder like XXX, XXY, XYY, XO, etc.

As a mutation, it could possibly also be inflicted by a special gene-modifying spell, allowing the alicorns to pass on their power.

[Armok]

My model is much more elegant, but you have a point in that nature tends to not be that elegant. But then again ponies are magic and their nature seems a lot more organized.

Also, my suggestion for the alicorn mutation is simply AAaa tetrasomy. This is a show for small kids after all and they might not understand to much advanced genetics. :p

[TheBronzePickle]

Tetrasomy? That would certainly make it extraordinarily rare.

Your model is more elegant, but like you said, nature tends to be inelegant, and from what we've seen my model seems to fit the active genetic makeup of Equestria ever so slightly better. Besides, at least it's not resting on the interactions of 10 different genes.

[Armok]

Being extraordinarily rare is exactly the point.

And yea.

[Toady One]

Removed a forum guideline busting derail.  Necro910 has been muted for a week.

[Crazy Cow]

Well, I have seen Toady three times in my stay here at Bay12. All three times, he's cleaned up the pony threads.
:/

[MC Dirty]

What, did Necro derail this thread? Or was it a different thread? Or what happened? I've seen Necro derail a lot of threads, but not this one.

[Flying Dice]

What, did Necro derail this thread? Or was it a different thread? Or what happened? I've seen Necro derail a lot of threads, but not this one.

Looks like it. Doesn't really surprise me; he said a few pages back that he had already gotten warned twice for derails. 

Well, I have seen Toady three times in my stay here at Bay12. All three times, he's cleaned up the pony threads.
:/

At least this time it wasn't a lock for people posting a bunch of rule 34 stuff as a 'joke'.

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Possibly the only Whooves image I've seen that isn't a reference to the Doctor. Creativity, yay~.

[kaijyuu]

Toady should join in the conversation. We all know he's secretly a brony.

[TheBronzePickle]

I wonder if he even gets time to relax and enjoy himself. Poor guy's probably never even seen an episode.

[Trapezohedron]

Yeah. I think he should have chill discussions with some fans of his on the forums, obviously excluding DF Talk segments.

[Zaerosz]

Do I dare ask how exactly Necro derailed us again?

[Furtuka]

According to the moderation log, an image involving rape jokes

[Tlc2011]

I want to get this thing back on the rails.

I'm only NOW interested in MLP...Is it on netflix?

[TheBronzePickle]

I heard that there were some bans on Youtube, but apparently all the hi-def vids are still up and running.