Plicata/Luminata/Glaciata

Tom Tadfor Little wrote:

:  Are you sure about that? I though KK was one of the ones who helped
:  establish that the luminata gene was an allele at the plicata locus,
:  but I may be wrong. In any case, both patterns can and do appear together.
:  The conventional explanation for this is that the plicata and luminata
:  alleles are equally dominant, so an iris that has both alleles shows
:  both patterns.

:  The "glaciata" allele is also at the same locus, recessive to both
:  plicata and luminata alleles

This is a clear, concise "snapshot" of the overall picture I've built up from my
discussions and correspondence with Keith.  So far, nothing has turned up in my
experiments that can't be explained by this model.  

As I mentioned a few months ago, there does appear to be some relationship
between the variegated pattern and the plicata/luminata/glaciata series.   That
does NOT mean it's been identified as another allele of the plicata locus.  It
could be, of course.  Or it could be a case of linkage.  Or even pure
coincidence.  It's too soon to know.  

But experimenting is half the fun of hybridizing!

Sharon McAllister (73372.1745@compuserve.com)
In southern New Mexico where it's finally stopped raining
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