• megane-kun@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    IDK what came to me but this came to mind:

    Let h = human; e = elven

    • hh × ee = {he, he, he, he} → all offspring are half-elves

    • he × he = {hh, he, he, ee} → 1/4 chance offspring is human, 1/4 chance offspring is elven, 1/2 chance offspring is half-elf

    I… I don’t know!! Does the math/genetics check out? Is being elven recessive? I don’t know what I’m blabbering about!!

    • SwordInStone@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      only of there was only or very few thing (chromosome, allele), if there is a thousand then 1/4 will be hh, 1/2 he, and 1/4 ee, but statistically half will be h half e.

      This also implies that if e. g. round ears are dominant then both parents will have them, but the offspring might not.

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      6 days ago

      Afaik for interracial kids it’s a 10% chance to come out as one of the parents. So maybe with half-elves it’s the same? 1/10th HH/EE and 9/10 HE EH ???