Re: Debbie Rairdon
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: Debbie Rairdon
- From: i*@netscape.net
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:39:16 -0000
--- In iris-talk@egroups.com, arilbredbreeder@c... wrote:
> In a message dated 12/31/00 10:10:16 AM Mountain Standard Time,
> rainacre@a... writes:
>
> <<
> Will someone hazard a guess how two pinks can turn up a yellow? It
would
> appear that the speculated parentage is incorrect. >>
>
> Pink is recessive to a specific yellow, not to all of them. If a
dominant
> inhibitor eliminated one or more of the "other yellows" and the
required four
> doses of the t-factor were accumulated, that would explain the pink
> appearance of the parents. But a dominant inhibitor is effective in
a single
> dose, so that one of the "other yellows" could reappear in the next
> generation.
>
> Sharon McAllister
A good thought. When I look at photos of DR it would apear to be a
pale yellow, and could also have the Recessive reduced Carotine genes,
thus the yellow could be flavenoid based? Walter thought that it was a
bee pod, in which case selective recall or a bee visiting more then
one flower could account for it.
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