geNorNics Corrections

geNorNics

05-Jan-98
Clarified the numbering system for Brain Lobes, distinguishing between gene subtype number (which is how they are ordered in the list) and Lobe ID (which is the number actually used by the Creatures program to refer to that lobe).

02-Dec-97
Geddonase was listed in the wrong slot of the ChemList. Thanks to Guest PCKlas for pointing this error out.

04-Nov-97
The 'lower threshold/upper threshold' supposition has been removed from the Receptor page.

21-Oct-97
The header byte previously listed as 'mutability?' has been changed to 'unknown.' The previously described 'sex dependence?' byte is now listed as 'sex dependence/mutability,' with additional information on its coding on the Header page. The Subtype pages have been adjusted accordingly.

18-Sep-97
Total size for the general sense lobe was listed as 40, rather than 32, on the brainmap page table (the map itself is correct). Thanks to cjk@flash.net for catching this quickly! cjk also helped me realize I'd typed a zero and a one in place of an 'O' and an 'I' on my genus page examples, so that's fixed now too. :-)

08-Sep-97
Troignipen@aol.com found a typo on the Lobes page - Thanks, Zim!

02-Sep-97
Gene #89 was misclassified as a Reaction, when it is actually a Receptor, on The List. This has now been corrected on all file formats.

Genetics Preview Kit Reference Guide

• The number of Reaction genes in a Generation 1 Norn should be 59, not 53.
• Some Generation 1 Norns (all from Mindscape?) only have 320 genes.
• "Crossing over" occurs during the creation of haploid gametes (egg or sperm) within a parent (meiosis) - NOT through the combination of chromosomes from the two parents. The haploid egg and haploid sperm are then combined during conception.
• Some viruses do contain DNA.

Outside Facilities

• The Norn Underground has an Errata page. Mostly refers to macro, scripting, and COB type errata, but some of it may be relevant to genetics.