Smooter80 wrote:The number of VFT mutations actually caused by TC mutations is fairly small. KMS for example was not from TC. If TC was the primary cause, we should be seeing a ton of mutated Neps too. Most of the other CPs have many species and VFTs only have one. I would think self pollination would lead to more mutants than TC.
Ah that would definitely make sense! I guess if you consider it in animal terms, it's like inbreeding, and while in animals it's more often ill health effects, interesting genetic mutations can also come about! For example, a while back a lot of domestic ferrets were inbred and that's even passed down to today- there is a certain pattern of fur for ferrets that sort of looks like a line across the forehead, and apparently it can mean their skull is misaligned, making them deaf. This came about because of inbreeding.
I've also heard of a family before having blue skin, something to do with the blood being close to the skin I think, that came about because their ancestors inbred in a very small town.
The most well-known example is of the royal family, and how many have a condition that doesn't let their blood clot very well (so if they got a paper cut it would just keep bleeding). That was a result of the past when they were strictly only having children with nobles and ended up inbreeding. Sort of reminds me of VFTs that grow without traps, or without trigger hairs