RE: [SpaceAgeRobin] RE: Space Age Genetics

I'm doubtful I'm following this discussion well, but the 
T'bird seedling growing was the only one of four siblings 
that had appendages.  The three that were tossed never 
showed any hint of having one, though I didn't check for 
BSE.  They were all from the same pod, so I'm assuming 
they had the same pollen parent.  If T'bird had four 
dosages, then the progeny should have had at least two 
dosages.  Since the remaining seedling is still producing 
blooms with appendages - all alike, not mixing horns, 
spoons, flounces - then the pollen parent should have 
contained at least one dose, possibly two, in order for 
that to have occurred.  Is this correct?

I realize 4 seedlings is not a large enough sample to draw 
conclusions, but if there is an inhibitor for expression 
of SA traits, then I'm guessing the inhibitor may work on 
a dosage level as well.  So one seedling didn't inherit 
the inhibitor, or it takes at least two dosages of that 
inhibitor to suppress the SA trait.  Perhaps one dose of 
inhibitor and 3 doses of SA genes is why the appendages 
don't vary between horns and spoons.  The inhibitor 
stabilized the expression, so to speak.  Doubtful, I guess.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA


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