Editing Gene Editor (section)

== How Genes Work ==
When editing genes each loci (cell where each gene is put) can be in three different states: <span style="color: #dfbd2b;">Golden</span>, Normal, and <span style="color: #7c29b9;">Bad</span>. These stats depend on the characteristics of the loci adjacent to genes.

<span style="color: #dfbd2b;">'''Golden genes'''</span> (also called "Synergized genes") double the stat bonus of the original gene allowing for massive stat bonuses. To turn a normal gene into a golden one all sides/nodes of a gene must be synergized. Synergizing is not required to be done for sides/nodes that touch the border of a chromosome or empty loci, but genes must synergize on at least one side (empty loci on all sides will not make a golden loci). '''To synergize genes''' the colors on nodes must match the nodes of adjacent genes. If the top node of a gene is red then the bottom node of a gene placed above that gene must also be red for them to synergize. [[File:Amplifier10x.png|frameless|28x28px]]Golden amplifiers are special kind of loci that generate in a chromosome and they can synergize with any gene (the player has control over where these spawn). You can use [[File:Gene mutagenic10x.png|frameless|28x28px]]mutagenic genes to achieve a similar effect as an amplifier (they golden genes by default). [[File:Gene bonus male10x.png|frameless|28x28px]]Male and [[File:Gene bonus female10x.png|frameless|28x28px]]female genes have a similar synergizing effect but they will only benefit respective genders (copying the stat bonuses of adjacent genes).

<span style="color: #7c29b9;">'''Bad genes'''</span> are create when a [[File:Gene bad10x.png|frameless|28x28px]]harmful gene or [[File:Amplifier bad10x.png|frameless|28x28px]]harmful amplifier is adjacent to a gene (the player has control over where amplifiers spawn). Players can make harmful amplifiers by converting golden amplifiers into bad amplifiers using harmful genes. Bad genes half the stat bonuses of genes making them much less effective.

Examples of different gene setups:<gallery>
File:GoldenHomoSapiens.png
File:NormalHomoSapien.png
File:BadHomoSapiens.png
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