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The Inheritance of Bendingby ~TropiconStudios

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:iconwhitelionproductionz:
~WhiteLionProductionz Dec 7, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
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THIS IS FANTASTIC
IM JUST
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just yes
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~swesleyandloki Jun 21, 2012
I think you could also explain this without the positive and negative qualities of the alleles. For instance, what if all benders are necessarily heterozygotes (Bb)? This would allow combinations of benders, nonbenders, and a bender and a nonbender all to produce bending offspring. Additionally, this could explain why offspring of parents who bent different elements could match either parent's element because the bending allele with its associated element would be inherited only from one parent of the bending child. What do you think?
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~chocolaterules333 Jun 21, 2012
Haha This must of taken alot of thought. I doubt the creators really cared about genetics though, they probably just were like this character should have this bending ability. And as you said, genetics are not so cut and dry as the Mendel you learn in biology 1. It can get really complicated. But I like to believe that, as bending is a fictional ability, it is at least basically free from the rules of genetics. Two nonbenders from the earth kingdom can't give birth to an airbender but they could have an earthbender, genes or not, if the creators want.
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~kokoka Jun 21, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
One question: in order to pass on the art of one specific bending style (Air), would an airbender have to marry a carrier of the bending gene?
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~Slaytr Jun 21, 2012
An airbender would have to marry a non-bender that is not a carrier to have off spring that are 100% carriers of the bending gene, meaning they will be unable to bend but their offspring will be benders, if two carriers marry.

If an airbender married a carrier, then you would have 50% chance to be a bender and 50% chance to be a carrier.
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~TropiconStudios Jun 21, 2012
pretty much. At least according to classical Mendelian genetics. This is all speculation as we are not actually given a mechanic as to how this is really done, so it's left to our imagination.
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:iconmillitarybaker:
~MillitaryBaker Jun 21, 2012
My only question is if bending can skip generations, somewhat like hair color for us.
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~Slaytr Jun 21, 2012
In theory, yes,
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:icontwinsmanns:
~Twinsmanns Jun 21, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
now you can see that is makes sense to lern mendel in biologie xD
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~GustyValley Jun 21, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
...Wow. This is amazing!~: D
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