Mutagens

Conclusions

These seems certain at this point

• Mutagens affect at most one gene. Sometimes, 0 are affected.
• The effect is to swap a X-colored gene with a Y-colored gene in the 1st offspring, and a Y-colored gene with an X-colored gene in the 2nd offspring
• The length of the offspring is always exactly the length of the parents

Tentative conclusions

• The changed spots in the 2 offspring's are at most 5 genes apart

Details

• Mottled Reticulated Slimy

Summary

I have tried to collect a summary of vines below. I used wines because I hope the short sequences would be easier to spot some patterns in.

Mutagen	Parent	Child 1	Child 2	Change	Comment	Tester
Phospherescent, Spongy, spotted	KYOROYOROYK	KYOROYOROOK	KYOROYYROYK	O<->Y	Gada#82	Cappu
Calico, prickly, smelly	KYOROYOROYK	KYOROYORORK	KYOYOYOROYK	Y<->R	Gada#82. Error?	Cappu
green, smelly, spongy	KYOROYOROYK	KYOROROROYK	KYOYOYOROYK	Y<->R	Gada#82	Cappu
mottled, reticulated, slimy	KYOROYOROYK	KYOROROROYK	KYOYOYOROYK	Y<->R	Gada#82	Cappu
mottled, reticulated, slimy	KYOROROROYK	KYOROROROYK	KYOROROROYK	none	same mutagen twice	Cappu
mottled, reticulated, slimy	KIK	KIK	KIK	none		Cappu
mottled, reticulated, slimy	KOYUUYORUOYK	KOYUUUORUOYK	KUYUUYORYOYK	Y<->U	Dawn's Blush	Cappu
mottled, reticulated, slimy	KRGROYORK	KRGROYORK	KRGROYORK	none	Old Tawny	Cappu
mottled, reticulated, slimy	KUUYORURGRK	KUUYORURGRK	KUUYORURGRK	none	Sugar Bloom	Cappu
mottled, reticulated, slimy	KOYUUYORUUOYK	KOYUUYURUUOYK	KOYUUYORUOOYK	O<->U	Golden Sun	Cappu
mottled, reticulated, slimy	KRGURYGURGK	KRGURUGURGK	KRGURYGYRGK	U<->Y	Honey Rose	Cappu
mottled, reticulated, slimy	KYOROYK	KYOOOYK	KYORRYK	R<->O	Royal Tower	Amtep

Here's some thoughts about the above results.

First, it seems genes can only be mutated in the circle O - U - Y - R - O, you cant have a change U-R or a change O-Y. (Well, so far...)

Second, it seems that the distance is proportionnal to the length of the chain. ie in a chain KYOROYOROYK (lenght 11), results are KYO[b]ROR[/b]OROYK and KYO[b]YOY[/b]OROYK, which makes the distance of three.

A formula seems to appear : the distance of swap is proportionnal to the lenght of the chain as following distance = (lenght of chain +1)/4 rounded up. This would mean

Chain Lenght	Distance
7	2
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	4
13	4
14	4
15	4
16	5

Combined with the circle of 4 genes U - Y - R - O - U is a troubling coincidence. --Ankh-el-Pandemis