User blog:Vafiz/A bit of genetics...

I have a bit of a theory about conqueror's haki and why is it rare in the one piece universe...

I'm like 80% sure this theory of mine is innacurate, because my knowledge of genetics is close to non-existant.

OK, so during the Marine ford war Garp mentioned that he suspected that Luffy was born with Conquerors haki, implying that it is a genetic trait.

From what I know genetic traits can be either dominant or recessive. When the dominant trait presents itself, a person has a 100% chance of being born with it. For a recessive trait to show up both parents have to have the recessive trait.

I'm suspecting that the Conquerors haki is a trait that is really rare and when it presents itself it is only recessive. One of the reasons Conquerors haki is so rare is because most common folk in the OP universe don't travel all over the world like pirates do so meeting another person with the same type of genes is rare to come by.

And even if both parents have a recessive trait, there is a chance that the gene from one of the parents won't show up and the gene won't become a trait. (I.E. 2 parents with a recessive Ginger Gene having 2 kids with ginger hair and one with brown).

This is a wild theory and probably inaccurate in the real world terms. Feel free to throw down some facts that help determine if I'm on to something or it's complete bullshit.