Vampire Awakening and Turning: is it Even Possible to be Turned Into a Vampire?

in The Selfish Gene and other books. Briefly, the human genetic code has many genes that do not seem to code for any proteins — so-called “junk DNA.” The current theory is that this junk DNA became part of our genetic makeup through our exposure over our entire evolutionary process to viruses capable of injecting their DNA into our own. The ones that didn’t kill us became symbiotic, becoming part of our genetic code. Mitochondrial DNA (found in the cell nucleus and only passed on from the mother) is probably the best known example of this.

Genetics is a good explanation for the physical symptoms of vampirism. This would make being a vampire akin to being blond, having blue eyes, or being a hemophiliac. It could be inherited or run in families. The only possible way to Turn in this scenario, (as opposed to being born a vampire), would be through the activation of (possibly “junk”) DNA.

The Science of Vampires suggests that this might be induced through high stress and adrenaline levels, such as might be experienced during a vampire “attack,” or from the biochemical mix of endorphins and other pleasure hormones induced by the ecstasy that some donors experience from being fed upon. An additional theory expounded in an article on Sanguinarius.org suggests that the right biochemical mix must be achieved in the gene-carrier’s body to activate the gene for vampirism. See: http://www.sanguinarius.org/articles/DG_biochemical-theory.shtml.

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