What are genetics?
Genetics are traits that all horses on Equintium have. There are five categories directly effected by genetics: Gene Strength, Movement, Build, Natural Health, and Character. Together, these all help to determine the traits, stat points and show points from the stallion and mare that will be passed on to the foal. The higher your breeding traits are, the better chances you’ll have of more valuable foals. Players can decide how much of a role they want genetics to play on their game by being able to classify each horse they own for showing purposes (in which case you play EI the normal way) or breeding purposes (which adjust certain aspects of the game).
Genetics is the study of heredity. Molecular genetics focuses on the role of DNA, RNA, proteins, and other molecules in expressing the information stored in the genetic code. A gene is a particular stretch of DNA that codes for a certain trait. The genome is the complete complement of genes stored in an organism’s cells. The human genome contains between 20,000 and 25,000 genes. The DNA containing these genes is about 3 billion base pairs long and is arranged into 23 pairs of chromosomes. Besides protein-coding genes, we also have segments of DNA whose main purpose is to synthesize tRNA and rRNA, pieces of nucleic acid that assist in protein synthesis. In every cell (except for gametes) there exist two alleles of every gene. Alleles are variations of a gene. Frequently alleles are described as being dominant or recessive. The word “dominant” means that if that allele is present in a cell, then it makes no difference what form the complementary allele has. If the complementary allele is