Mrs. Cake cheated on Mr. Cake

[My little pwny 1,390]

It's easy to see! How do two earth ponies have one unicorn and one pegasus pony twins?? Mrs. Cake had to have cheated on Mr. Cake with an alicorn! Assuming genetics work the same way in FiM, then it's impossible!

 

Take a look at this Punnett Square:

 

 

Let's say the lower case "y" is the earth pony gene, and the upper case "Y" is the alicorn gene. Mrs. Cake is on top and the adulterer alicorn is on the left. Based on the theory of genetics, The upper case "Y" alicorn gene is dominate gives offspring either a horn or wings. Double lower yy means its just a earth pony. This is the only explaination of how Mrs. Cake could have those children!

[Nah 3,181]

Dude, your a genius.

[MVC NVMXD JVRXD 2,406]

Umm... There are no male alicorns, that we know of. And who said MLP had accurate genetics?

[Starshine 16,330]

>Implying that Pony-species gene only contains one pair of Alleles

 

For all we know, if there's three possible outcome from a genetic, there's a possibility that there's at least two or more pair of alleles that describe the trait. Your example could only provide two possible outcome.

Edited June 1, 2012 by Weyland

[Doctor XFizzle 8,651]

Nah, she didn't cheat. She adopted Pumpkin and Pound Cake. She put together a very elaborate act with the hospital staff to trick Mr. Cake into thinking she was giving birth. I mean, we didn't see her pregnant in either Season 1 or 2 right? Adopted. Case closed. *pushes glasses up face*

[VladmireV.S.(Crank) 1,096]

Nah, she didn't cheat. She adopted Pumpkin and Pound Cake. She put together a very elaborate act with the hospital staff to trick Mr. Cake into thinking she was giving birth. I mean, we didn't see her pregnant in either Season 1 or 2 right? Adopted. Case closed. *pushes glasses up face*

 

wow.....this seems legit.i agree with doctor.

[Nightfall 3,950]

WRONG.

ALL WRONG.

The episode CLEARLY states that both unicorns and pegasi are in the Cake family history. OBVIOUSLY, the genes are from the past... recessive. My older siblings are right-handed, as am I, but my younger brother is left-handed... a recessive gene. Therefore, we should take MLP's writer's words and say that the babies do belong to both Mr. and Mrs. Cake and weren't adopted.

[Titan Rising 2,156]

Nightfall is right... L2genetics..

[Gizmo 206]

inb4 > Stork drops off the babies at the hospital. <3

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

Ummm I think nightfall just won this thread.

Since there are no male alicorns, the first theory is moot from the go.

Doctor XFizzle's theory is...well just that, theory.

[Parties like Pinkie 385]

....

 

I agree with Nightfall.

 

And If I weren't so tired, I'd make an example.

[Dragonshy 2,305]

Well they wouldn't do that in the show just so you know. I know we all like to make points and question things, but the point is they wouldn't do that in the show.

[RBDash 176]

Alicorns are not pegasus-unicorn, they're earth pony-pegasus-unicorn. People don't recognize Earth Ponies enough.

 

I have a theory that ponies are not any of the 3 when conceived (basically magic-less Earth Ponies), but they get their race when they get magic, and the dominant magic wins. If we're going to get into genetics, then the amount of genes needed for horns and especially the wings would render them different species incapable of crossbreeding, or at very least incapable of having fertile offspring.

 

Either that, or they have triple (or hextuple) helix DNA that has different rules than our double helix DNA.

[Eenohay 318]

To be honest that was some pretty bad genetics knowledge right there.

 

Now i'm not an expert, but to begin with, there are 3 pony races (Besides alicorns), so it's not just that basic dominant and rescesive stuff.

 

I actually saw this explained somewhere and know its quite possible for two Earth Ponies to have both a Unicorn and Pegasus

 

EDIT: There, it's quite clear

Edited June 1, 2012 by Eenohay

[Pinkazoid 3,493]

It's a show about talking magical rainbow colored flying ponies...... and you're using logic? xD

[Shankveld 4,946]

Logic,

in a show about talking ponies.

~

[My little pwny 1,390]

WRONG.

ALL WRONG.

The episode CLEARLY states that both unicorns and pegasi are in the Cake family history. OBVIOUSLY, the genes are from the past... recessive. My older siblings are right-handed, as am I, but my younger brother is left-handed... a recessive gene. Therefore, we should take MLP's writer's words and say that the babies do belong to both Mr. and Mrs. Cake and weren't adopted.

 

It still seems more likely that Mrs. Cake cheated with a male alicorn than recessive L2 genes resulted in a unicorn AND a pegasus TWINS. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut this is a kids show so I'll have to agree with you because the show said so.

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

EDIT: There, it's quite clear

 

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[caesar15 231]

Umm... There are no male alicorns, that we know of. And who said MLP had accurate genetics?

 

Theres a royal guard alicorn in one of the last episodes.

[Starshine 16,330]

Theres a royal guard alicorn in one of the last episodes.

 

Actually, it's had been confirmed as an animation error weeks ago

 

It still seems more likely that Mrs. Cake cheated with a male alicorn than recessive L2 genes resulted in a unicorn AND a pegasus TWINS. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut this is a kids show so I'll have to agree with you because the show said so.

 

Error 404: Male Alicorn did not found

[My little pwny 1,390]

Actually, it's had been confirmed as an animation error weeks ago

 

 

 

Error 404: Male Alicorn did not found

 

Link?

[caesar15 231]

Actually, it's had been confirmed as an animation error weeks ago

 

 

 

Error 404: Male Alicorn did not found

 

Oh, hehehe, well, there obviously has to be male alicorns, just not shown in the show.

[My little pwny 1,390]

Oh, hehehe, well, there obviously has to be male alicorns, just not shown in the show.

 

I don't think its canon, either way. No confirmation or denial if there are male alicorns.

[dar tunsh 446]

This may not be canon, but so much work was put into this that it must be true, right?

[AppleTreeBrony 228]

Ahh genetics.....

NEVER TRUST THEM!