Re: OT: Pigments (was TB, lumis, plics, Silverado)

oops, I meant "yellow" and blue do not equal green.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Orr" <irisdude@msn.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 11:26 PM
Subject: [iris] OT: Pigments (was TB, lumis, plics, Silverado)


> Ok, we are way off the string here, so I have changed the Subject.
>
> The way iris pigments work, green plus blue do not equal green and if you
> cross blue and pink.you could get yellow.
>
> Green in irises is chlorophyll.
>
> The dosages I was speaking of earlier refer to the gene that inhibits the
> expression of pigment. I did not say there are four doses of the pigments
> blue and yellow.  There are dosages so to speak of the "I" gene.
>
> Hope this answers your question.
> Patrick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Showtime Farm" <showtime@bbtel.com>
> To: <iris@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 8:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Re:[iris]TB, lumis, plics, Silverado
>
>
> > okay,
> >
> > so if a blue dosage has four parts, and IF a yellow has a dosage which
has
> > four parts, then in theory anyway, a green might result from a double
dose
> > of blue x a double dose of yellow.   I know, I know, we're talking
apples
> > and oranges, but it sounds as though the thoughtful and informed
irisarian
> > might be able to regulate the amount of blue that is expressed if (s)he
> were
> > careful with the dosage...
> >
> > 'things that make you go hmm, hmm, hmmm"
> > Christian, Ky
> >
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