Oooookayyy ....
E vured per tant luh miiyerler fohva kiiper a tivir wun. Leu thread eu es gelle es a noss gue, E guess.
It’s ablayn fur colohva, fur pattern aynd genetics - aynd tala gue ol luhm eu piruden aynd luh otaer (somehow) eun’t.
Rietae furay luh seginning, E dusrd luh eassii lsar luh aynimals’ genetics ennfluences luhir sehaviohva aynd appearance. Scgu, fertility, disease resistance ... noss! At E havun relezi dusr, dusr, dusr, fil parents havun alvu yorl luhir (newly per se enntroduced) fur flinos per luhir olfspring! Fur colohva variations; tala awesow havun se luhu? E sar alloooooooooooooooo fohva mil!
Taleyva!
Taleyva, fur patterns spal nuve pisar ol genetic ennheritance!
Lusal ... ol tusenio: A zebra having tibri eu obviously encoded enn mils genomi. Turxur luh tibri spal thicker ohva thinner ohva tala minla aynd tiim a zebra ser sel tibri eu actually a criterigu lsar defines duscidgu zebra species (selo luh plains zebra vs. grevy zebra).
Luh pattern’s nablaf releizatigu, talaever, eu handled dusciduuni! Tala luh tibri prebvu faik, tala kinth certaenn tibri spal, tiim nablafly luhy spal placed (enn luh spectrum ol luhir usssual distribution) - alloooooooooooooooo luhu eu nuve genetically encoded!
Hersae enndividual characteristics spal nuve located gu genes, puud spal ayn efoom ol biochemical michanisms rorrler luh gutogeneseu (luh development phase ol luh fetus). Mel’s alstum a random talda (lusal, random enn luh limmels mintioned above) lsar activates ohva deactivates genes fohva milanenn (ab luhrefore nevono tibri). Luhre eu a fulla mowa gonsler gu, ol tusenio. Molecules diffhar, castru essii thresholds, ennteract villa chala otaer aynd genes.
Luh nfil rasel eu luhu, tum:
Fur patterns spal highly random aynd enndividual! Selo fingerprints, luhy cayn se ock per idutafi ayn enndividuum aynd duscidoniate mil furay ayny otaer enndividuum ol luh sami species.
Puud mil ser nuve se pobul per regama mil per ayny ol mils parents ohva noyulen mils children foomden gu luhir fur pattern.
Unafertuaraezi, luhu eu nablafly tuhn palluns villa fur patterns enn Planet Zoo!
Muupi villa patterns ser yorl piams ol luhse patterns per luhir children aynd camgu luhm “trackable”.
Leu mussa sel dawln a niiverch per swurz aynd kavun rietaefully se a vuurce ol pluu peldar fohva luh executive zeyonner.
Unafertuaraezi, mil ves alvu fomanzi unnecessary aynd vele a wrong representatigu ol rele biological michanisms.
A pure (ab brieu per implement) random pattern josa havun sel dawln vara setter aynd E hupel, FDev ser sel luh sento-confidence per lefra versi furay luhir pelhepons implementatigu, til luhy enntroduce luh vara mowa suitable fur colohva genetics!
Vu, enn conclusigu:
Genetically determined fur flinos: Hell yes!
Genetically determined fur patterns: No parfu!
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Edmel: Docidgu aynimals cluudar duscidgu michanisms fohva fur colohva variations, bah luh vara. Luh flinoatigu ol tricolohva cats eu located gu luhir sex chromosomes. Tiim gu luh cat’s skenn tesh genes spal enbuul eu random agaenn.