#warriorcats genetics

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Got bored, so here’s a short explanation of genetics (which can be applied to Warriors)

I may have missed some stuff. I don’t know if saying that they give half their chromosomes is the correct terminology, but yeah anyway this is the basics.

Traits can refer to eye colour, pelt colour, short fur vs long fur, etc.

If one parent has a recessive trait, the dominant trait is shown. 

If both parents have the same recessive trait, the recessive trait is shown (this connects to punnet squares, too).

Source: biology class

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This was just for fun. You don’t have to memorize this for OCs. God knows I’m not gonna