The Drakkhani people tend to have variety of mutations with in their genome. Xenobiologists and xenogeneticists have located only a handful of genes that often carry this mutation.
Most mutations are superfical such as, hetrochromatic eyes, unique horns, skill mottling and so forth. Scientists have not located any severe health problems with these mutations. However their are few genes and clans that carry more severe muations
Gene Ce-127: Falon's Syndrome
This disorder is found with the Lunaughti clan the most. Also known as Drakkhani Chimerism, this is actually a misnomer. This is not true chimerism, but a genetic disorder in which the drakkhani is born intersex and has bizarre black and white mottling. They might also be deaf and have short wings. This is considered an rare disorder and a resssive trait found in only the white drakkhani within the Lunaughti clan. There is no cure for this disorder.
Gene FIHh-2 Mutation: Praxor's Disorder Praxor's disorder has many other names including: Praxor's Curse, Ignius Deformity and Traitor's Mark. Drkkhani with Praxor's Disorder are hatched without the glands or sac to produce the gases to breath fire, they can only glide short distances and often are hatched with respiratory problems for the rest of their lives.
Hatchlings with this disorder in wild dias are often ostracized by their clan-mates. In more modern settings they are often given prosthetic glans but they are often still mistreated by their clan-mates with prosthesis. The name Praxor's Curse is a reference to a cultural figure, Praxor a drakkhani who had his ability to breath fire taken away by their goddess Star Fang as punishment. The name "Traitor's Mark" is a reference to that.
Abner-Orion Syndrome This is a rare disorder that is found within the Blue Fang clan and thought at first to be an inbred trait. Geneticist now realize this was a throwback disorder and since the Blue Fang dia is one of the oldest dia known.
Abner-Orion Syndrome, AOS, causes the hatchling to be born with webbed frog like legs and a flatter paddle tail. Their wings are gone or merged with their arms. The are often born without their ignis glans (fire breathing organs). Unlike Praxor's, AOS is not considered a stigma. These drakkhani as many has realized are more at home in the water than their siblings and have that advantage however because of their inability to fly, these hatchlings are vulnerable to predators like swamp-wyrms and red-gilled sharks. Drakkhani cannot out-swim these predators and despite the mutation to be better adapted to the water, AOS hatchlings can't out swim them either. Many of these hatchlings die from these predators.
The have other minor health issues such as sensory processing problems and gastro-intestinal problems. Scientists don't know the gene for this syndrome.
Gene AE-12 Mutation: Pyrophoric Malproduction: Also gaining the name "Drakk Diabetes" this is a hormonal disorder that makes the organs to produce the hydrogen and boron malfunction causing irregularity of the production of hormones that tell the organs how much to produce the chemicals. Because of this, drakkhani either don't produce enough hydrogen from their meat and often crave large amounts of it, this is call Carnivorism. They often show other symptoms including obesity thicker bones and inability to fly. They also might produce too much boron causing respiratory problem
When a drakkhani isn't producing enough boron, they often crave nuts and vegetables and show Herbavorism. They might over produce hydrogen, this causes deformed wings and deformed glans. They might also have respiratory problems and have severe allergies towards fish and meat produces.
Doctors often catch this early in modern cultures and prescribe the hormone pyrocolic, which helps regulate the production of those gases.
