| rdfs:comment | - In Homestuck there is a connection between genetics and the online handles used by Sburb players. GCAT is a common presentation of the pairings of bases in the double helix structure of DNA, in Homestuck, sixteen abbreviations of online handles can be derived from two-letter combinations of GCAT. Four of them are used by the eight kids (each one used twice), and the other twelve are used by the trolls. The cherubs expand upon the genetic pattern from DNA to include RNA, with Calliope's handle, uranianUmbra (UU) and Caliborn's handle, undyingUmbrage (uu), which use the letter U, corresponding to uracil, which replaces thymine (T) when information is copied from DNA to RNA. A connection can also be made between these two handles and genotypes, where dominant genes are represented by uppercas
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| abstract | - In Homestuck there is a connection between genetics and the online handles used by Sburb players. GCAT is a common presentation of the pairings of bases in the double helix structure of DNA, in Homestuck, sixteen abbreviations of online handles can be derived from two-letter combinations of GCAT. Four of them are used by the eight kids (each one used twice), and the other twelve are used by the trolls. The cherubs expand upon the genetic pattern from DNA to include RNA, with Calliope's handle, uranianUmbra (UU) and Caliborn's handle, undyingUmbrage (uu), which use the letter U, corresponding to uracil, which replaces thymine (T) when information is copied from DNA to RNA. A connection can also be made between these two handles and genotypes, where dominant genes are represented by uppercase letters and recessive genes are represented by lowercase letters, so that UU would represent being homozygous dominant for a genetic trait, and uu would represent being homozygous recessive for a genetic trait. At the start of Homestuck, John uses the handle ectoBiologist, thus breaking the pattern, however in flashbacks prior to the change he is shown to use a handle that does fit the pattern (ghostyTrickster) but later changed it to avoid the trolls. All the post-scratch kids have chumhandle abbreviations that match that of the ectobiological sibling of their corresponding pre-scratch kid: Jane/Jade, Jake/John, Roxy/Dave, Dirk/Rose. The God Cat is also known as "GCat". Each of these two-letter pair is the abbreviation used for an online handle of one of the trolls or kids (except for John):
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