Genetics for Dummies

Gene -> Gene Sets -> Genomes

A gene is a basic physical unit of heredity. A gene in ATITD is expressed as a color. Each color is abbreviated to one letter for ease of use. Example: Yellow or Y

A gene set is one or more genes in a specific sequence that controls a plant's physical characteristics. Example: Green Orange Orange Orange or GOOO which colors an outer petal of a lily one shade of magenta

One or more genes or gene sets form a linear sequence we will call a genome. Example: Vampire Sea Lily genome KIYIYIOIYIOIOK

Genes and their abbreviations:

Gene Color	Abbreviation	Used In	Not Used In
Black	K	All Plants
Blue	U	Orchids, Rose of Ra, Sand Blooms, Sea Lilies	Flax, Grape Vines, Wheat
Green	G	All plants
Indigo	I	Orchids, Rose of Ra, Sand Blooms, Sea Lilies	Flax, Grape Vines, Wheat
Orange	O	All plants
Red	R	All plants
Yellow	Y	All plants
Violet	V	Sea Lilies	Flax, Grape Vines, Orchids, Rose of Ra, Sand Blooms, Wheat

Note: Ending/beginning 'Black' or 'K' genome delimiter is not technically counted as part of the functioning genome. Think of it more like parenthesis around the genome. Example: Vampire Sea Lily (IYIYIOIYIOIO)

See Genomes_and_Phenome_Theories_Links to see a list of all the plant genomes. See Flower_Genome_Theories and Flax_Genome_Theories to understand what individual gene sets control of the individual plant's physical characteristics.