Metamorphed Dragon DNA Test?
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isawarenshi
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Metamorphed Dragon DNA Test?
I have my thoughts but I was wondering the consensus of the community considering how heavy DNA testing is in Titan Robotics. Would a Dragon in Human form have Dragon or Human DNA if they were tested?
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Re: Metamorphed Dragon DNA Test?
Its a dragon in human (shape) form. Not a human body possessed by a dragon.
There is a nice article in the Rifters call (working from memory here) Anatomy of a Dragon. And it goes into the micro-biology of a dragon's cells.
There is a nice article in the Rifters call (working from memory here) Anatomy of a Dragon. And it goes into the micro-biology of a dragon's cells.
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Re: Metamorphed Dragon DNA Test?
First, you'd have to get through their mega-damage to get the sample. And I'd say they still have dragon DNA, otherwise you'd have "Well, my dad was a metamorphosed dragon..." as a reasonable backstory.
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Re: Metamorphed Dragon DNA Test?
They'd have Dragon DNA, metamorphosis doesn't change the DNA (assuming they even have DNA). There is nothing to indicate the DNA is altered for metamorphosis (generally, the Auto-G might be the only exception as its called out how complete the change is and how you need a specific test to spot them).
EDIT: Auto-G text from WB30 (pg27-31, SoT3 and IIRC MercOps also have the description) on pg27 "Unlike the metamorphosis of a dragon or the shape-changing abilities of other beings, the Auto-G's transformation is so complete that even its DNA and apparent natural abilities are the same as the race whose appearance it has assumed."
Now if Titan Robotics performs genetic testing I don't know, but if they did it seems clear that the subjects DNA would not change unless they are an Auto-G.
EDIT: Auto-G text from WB30 (pg27-31, SoT3 and IIRC MercOps also have the description) on pg27 "Unlike the metamorphosis of a dragon or the shape-changing abilities of other beings, the Auto-G's transformation is so complete that even its DNA and apparent natural abilities are the same as the race whose appearance it has assumed."
Now if Titan Robotics performs genetic testing I don't know, but if they did it seems clear that the subjects DNA would not change unless they are an Auto-G.