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RE: Teacup breeding
The idea behind attempting to cluster your box production and trying for a period where production is low is that, while your base odds are always the same, you're attempting to get a few more boxes (per unit time) than the average player .. at that time. In the long run, it certainly makes no difference. But, hey, it's something to do.
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Some kitties APPEAR to have a lot of non-Normal sizes only due to player psychology. First, the odds (around 1-in-7) are fairly high, so we should expect quite a few such groupings. Second, people naturally, and falsely, assume more importance to longer runs of 'similar' results. Also, searching for examples usually includes ignoring all results showing the contrary. And finally, discussion of such groupings creates the false impression they're more important simply because nobody is posting all those other groupings while fail to support the claims. All things considered, it's not coincidence .. there is nothing going on other than people doing what people naturally do when presented with randomness.
Saying, 'generally' implies there are times when it's not true. ALWAYS, with each of the 9 traits, for each parent, FAIR coins (18 in all) select which values to pass.
There are no 'types' to randomness; there is only randomness. That said, yes, larger sample sizes will produce more precise estimates of the odds; but the samples used seem good enough for normal use by a typical player.
There are simple tests designed specifically for cases like this, which can show if information is present for Size. If the data is randomly selected, to avoid experimental bias, the results indicate there is none; so I am satisfied there is no undiscovered genetic marker to look for. To me, that simply confirms the statement from KittyCatS that Size is random.
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