Dominance Orders for furs, eyes & traits in Google Docs

[Saga Felix]

(10-18-2012 05:35 AM)Sara Franco Wrote:  .....
I know the Foxie Auburn is dominant to Burmese Platinum, but I'm not sure about the relation to Russian White. Does the > symbol mean it is between Russian White and Burmese Platinum?

-The cell that says "Foxy Auburn (>Burm.Plat)" simply means that that is ALL I know about Foxy Auburn. That's all the info I ever got, and that is why the Foxy Auburn is very, very estimated right now. It could be dominant to Red Tabby for all I know - only thing that is for sure is that Burmese Platinum is recessive to it.

(10-18-2012 05:35 AM)Sara Franco Wrote:  For Bengal Tawny it is written next to Russian Blue like this:
Bengal Tawny (<Ben.Silver)

Also here I know Bengal Tawny is dominant to Bengal Silver, but I see a < not a > .....
Would someone explain it to me please? Thank you

Sorry-sorry-sorry... My mistake! I turned the sign the wrong way the other night - I must have been tired.

It's corrected now, and thanks for letting me know :-)


-Saga

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About the < and > symbols:

Think of it as crocodiles - that's what I learned in school ;-)

The crocodile ALWAYS wants the bigger part, so this makes sense: 1 < 2
Normally, this means "1 is less than 2" - or indeed if you turn it around: 2 > 1: "2 is more than 1".

-For the dominance orders though, I use "more than" to say "dominant to" and "less than" to say "recessive to".

So, like this:

Red Tabby > Bengal Snow = Red Tabby IS DOMINANT TO Bengal Snow
Bengal Snow < Red Tabby = Bengal Snow IS RECESSIVE TO Red Tabby

I hope this makes sense to everyone, as I can't really think of any better way to say this with just ONE character - which is the only way it'll fit into cells in the chart when needed :-)


-Saga