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- From: eog@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Vicki Finkenstadt)
- Subject: Re: Green Dragons and Eggs...
- Message-ID: <Bxx49M.8E@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Summary: Gene-link sterility in greens
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- Organization: Purdue University
- References: <92Nov17.213722.33783@acs.ucalgary.ca>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:27:21 GMT
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- In article <92Nov17.213722.33783@acs.ucalgary.ca>, elparr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Ellen Louise Parr) writes:
- > Sorry if this has been asked a thousand times...but can or cannot
- > green dragons reproduce? My friends and I are under the
- > impression that they can as long as they have not eaten
- > firestone, but I have heard that they are born sterile. I can't
- > find anything in the Dragon Lover's Guide, and I don't remember
- > anything in the books that says they are born sterile...I was
- > told that it may have been mentioned in DragonsDawn, but my copy
- > is out on loan...
- >
- > Thanks in advance!
- >
- > --
- > Tanna, Rider of Gold Lauraeth, Sr. Weyrwoman of Ista@DragonsFire MUSE
- > And all around lovable person! :)
- >
- >
-
- M'lady,
-
- The green dragons' sterility was mentioned to be genetically-linked
- to the consumption of firestone.
- So, I suppose, that if a green did not participate in flaming, the green
- could produce a clutch.
- However, F'lar mentioned that the clutch would be small and only the smaller
- dragons would be laid in the shell.
-
- Corollary question: Do greens contain the genetic code for all dragons,
- just as the bronzes/golds in Dragonsdawn did?
-
- My respects and regards,
-
- Philemon, Weyrwoman j.g. of Fort Weyr @DragonsFire MUSE
- Rider of Gold Magdaleth
- "She of the VERY belated hatching" :)
-
-