geNorNics Gene Header

C1 Header page

67 65 6E 65 | gt st ## 00 | so sm mr

Each Creatures gene begins with a 'header' that identifies the gene and its basic characteristics.

67 65 6E 65

This is a literal translation of the word 'gene' into hexadecimal code, and serves as the marker for the beginning of each gene. The genome as a whole ends with '67 65 6E 64' - gend.

gt st

These two characters define the gene type and gene subtype, which together describe which category the gene falls into.

##

This character identifies the specific gene within a type/subtype category. All genes on the geNorNics subtype pages are ordered by this gene ID number.

00

This byte appears to indicate a duplicate gene.

so

The 'switch-on' time for the gene - at what stage of life it becomes active.

• 00 - embryo
• 01 - child
• 02 - puberty
• 03 - young adulthood
• 04 - adulthood
• 05 - old age
• 06 - senility

sm

This byte contains three types of information:

• Sex dependence - whether the gene is active in females, in males, in both.
• Mutability - whether the gene can be duplicated, mutated, deleted, or some combination.
• Dormancy - whether the gene is active in the creature.

Six of eight bits are used as follows:

Bit # 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0  00 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  01 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  03 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1  07 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1  0F - 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1  11 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1  13 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1  17 - 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1  27 - 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1  2F - 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1  37 - 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1

Bit 0 - mutability Bit 1 - duplication Bit 2 - deletion Bit 3 - male-specific Bit 4 - female-specific Bit 5 - dormancy

In summary:

   01  =  Mutable
   03  =  Mutable  Duplicable
   07  =  Mutable  Duplicable  Deletable
   0F  =  Mutable  Duplicable  Deletable  Male
   11  =  Mutable                         Female
   13  =  Mutable  Duplicable             Female
   17  =  Mutable  Duplicable  Deletable  Female
   27  =  Mutable  Duplicable  Deletable          Dormant
   2F  =  Mutable  Duplicable  Deletable  Male    Dormant
   37  =  Mutable  Duplicable  Deletable  Female  Dormant