Posted by -LOCKED - -ADDED TO THE GAME-[vv] Somatic Mutation

Bjorn (#34508)

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Posted on
2015-03-02 03:37:16
Hiyah! ^^

So I was surfing the interwebs, and I found a picture of what is known as a 'Somatic Labrador Retriever' . And it got me wondering if lions could get it.

After an exhaustive search O.O I was able to turn up three pictures of the same lion at different ages, and here they are;

Somatic lion cub

As an adolecent

Same somatic lion as an adult

What is Somaticism?

Somaticism is a mutation that occurs during fetal development. It is different from chimerism as it simply 'turns off' genes in random areas, while Chimeras posses two or more different strains of DNA on the cellular level.

Color genes stack (crash course in dog genetics), and with somaticism these stacks get removed, so there is a hole of sorts, resulting in the bottom gene showing through (black).

What makes this a mutation, and not a Marking?

Somaticism is a true deformation, incapable of passing through to an animal's offspring, or being bred (unlike albinism, overbite, and stork bites).

Somaticism would be a rarer color mutation, and probably cover more than just a lion's leg. Sadly, this lion I have as an example is possibly the only somatic lion. But when one looks at a somatic lab, you could get a good idea of how many splotches would come through.

Other examples of Somatic animals;

.adult horse

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Edited on 02/09/16 @ 08:08:18 by Xylax (#4)

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Posted on
2015-03-04 07:33:24
Support! It would be really cool.

(FYI: That horse is young my guess is prolly 2yr old maybe a yearling) :)
Not trying to be rude just letting you know



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Posted on
2015-03-04 07:35:01
Full support! I don't often support mutation suggestions but this one would be a brilliant realistic and easy enough addition to do!



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2015-03-07 08:35:46
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2015-03-07 14:34:55
Support. Sounds awesome



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2015-03-07 14:36:21
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2015-03-07 14:37:12
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2015-03-07 14:42:07
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Posted on
2015-03-09 22:07:48
Yay ^^ never thought I'd get 10, let alone 27 of you guys :D



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Bjorn (#34508)

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Posted on
2015-03-09 22:12:03
Fixed the problem with the link - sorry about that



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2015-03-09 22:14:30
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2015-03-09 22:16:09
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2015-03-09 22:16:19
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Posted on
2015-03-09 22:17:04
Yay ^^ you guys make 30 :D



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2015-03-09 22:19:07
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2015-03-09 22:19:11
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