Genetic software

I've been playing around trying to find something to handle pumpkin
genetics as well.  Right now I'm using a database that I made myself.  I'd
be interested in seeing what this guy has, or talking to him to see what he
can do.  Maybe theres an oportunity there.  

Rick

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> From: COMPUTRESE <COMPUTRESE@aol.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Diversity in Plant selection-reply
> Date: Friday, January 16, 1998 3:56 PM
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> Not sure if this would work, but a friend of mine wrote a pedigree
program for
> dogs, and it goes back many generations. It works well and is in use as I
> type. Would this not work for plants? Same format, after all, the male
stud
> dogs are usually bred to many females, likewise, the bitches are bred a
number
> of times to different males. Many offspring and traits to track, ie
color,
> size and conformation  (appearance) ......the same is true for the fruit
of
> pumpkins. This way, you could track whether your 1006 seed actually
pollinated
> a female flower on another plant, or if your 1006 female flower was
selfed or
> crossed with pollen from a male flower of another seed.
> 
> Rather than starting from scratch, it might make sense to contact this
fellow
> to see if he would modify his program and send it on disks to download? 
> 
> Next question, who wants to assume the role of Great Pumpkin Data Base
> Manager? Not I. Too much key entry for me. I can help, though in other
ways.
> 
> In order for this to work, all of us would have to be careful to provide
> accurate info to the database. If you cannot make these committments, the
> database is worthless.
> 
> How serious are you about this?
> 
> Barb
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