Metagenetics is a field of genetics concerned with the inheritance of the metatype and its component meta traits in the Human species.
Metatype inheritance[]
For parents of mixed metatype there is a roughly equal chance, that their child will inherit either parent's metatype.[1] Parents of the same metatype will usually have only children of their own metatype. Though with rare genetic combinations it is possible for them to have either a human child or child of a metatype different from their own.[2]
Inheritance matrix[]
| mother | ||||||
| Human | Dwarf | Elf | Ork | Troll | ||
| father | Human | Human ?[2] |
Human [1] Dwarf [1] |
Human [1] Elf [1] |
Human [1] Human, LE:Ork [3] Ork [1] |
Human [1] Troll [1] |
| Dwarf | Human [1] Dwarf [1] |
Dwarf ?[2] |
Dwarf [1] Elf [1] |
Dwarf [1] Ork [1] |
Dwarf [1] Troll [1] | |
| Elf | Human [1] Elf [1] |
Dwarf [1] Elf [1] |
Elf Human [4] ?[2] |
Elf [1] Ork [1] |
Elf [1] Troll [1] | |
| Ork | Human [1] Elf [5] Ork [1] |
Dwarf [1] Ork [1] |
Elf [1] Ork [1] |
Ork Human [6] Human, LE:Ork [6] ?[2] |
Ork [1] Troll [1] | |
| Troll | Human [1] Troll [1] |
Dwarf [1] Troll [1] |
Elf [1] Troll [1] |
Ork [1] Troll [1] |
Troll ?[2] | |
- LE .. late expression, first is the apparent metatype at birth
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 Shadowrun 20th Anniversary p. 71
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Augmentation p. 76 "generally metatypes breed true, in a few rare combinations they do not", "Instances of metahuman parents having human or different metavariant children have been recorded."
- ↑ Shadowrun 20th Anniversary p. 72
- ↑ Forbidden Arcana ?
- ↑ Corporate Guide p.85 example Julia Sanchez
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Augmentation p. 76