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Basic Vampire Genetics



Vampires, on the whole, despite their erotic or romantic image, do not have much of a sexual urge.

There are of course exceptions just as there are variations in the sex drives of humans. But on the whole most Vampires aren't much interested in sex. However, this does not mean that they cannot produce children if they so wish.

Some Vampires, particularly those of the wampyrus sauria type, choose to marry and have children. Vampires can breed with other Vampires and with humans. Cross breeding with other types of Vampires almost invariably produces the 'default' type, wampyrus draco, even if neither parent is themselves a Draco Vampire.

Cross breeding a Vampire with a human produces an individual who is fully human, will never develop any vampiric traits or tendencies but carries the genes for vampirism.



Please note that this information has been highly simplified to Mendalian basics to illustrate the point.







Vampire + Human





All of the offspring are Human but carry the dormant recessive Vampire genes. The individuals will never become Vampires and most will not even have any signs of Vampire traits such as sensitivity to light or unusually high disease resistance.





Carrier + Human





The offspring have a 50/50 chance of being either Human carriers of the dormant recessive Vampire gene or of being pure Human.





Carrier + Carrier





The offspring have a 25% chance of being a Human, a 50% chance of being a carrier of the dormant recessive Vampire gene and a 25% chance of manifesting Vampirism at puberty.





Vampire + Vampire





The offspring will all develop into Vampires, which kind of Vampire depends on ancestry & environment.





Carrier + Vampire





The offspring have a 50/50 chance of being either Human carriers of the dormant recessive Vampire gene or of being Vampires