[RightWhale]

Are there 30,000 genes that seem to be functional in the genome? Clearly there are more than 30,000 traits, so the genes work in combinations and the number of combinations would be astronomical. It's like an alphabet with 30,000 letters rather than 24 or 40, or a musical scale with 30,000 pitches in an octave rather than 12. Plus, most of the sequences don't do anything at all and might not be considered genes. That's all I know, and more.

[DeepDish]

Thanks for this idea. I have looked at this mechanistically and have not yet considered the effects overall of the ineractions of various genes when they express themselves.
That is: gene a with gene b produces a set of traits. But gene a with gene c will not necessarily give 50% gene a traits. This concept vastly expands the possible results for differences of outcome in the genetic code. You have made my day.