Share general findings about Sea Lily genetics made possible by the
Revelation Solvent, here.
Genes
Stamens
Outer stamen genes are of the form IX, where X is either Y, O, or R. Y produces yellow, O produces magenta, and R produces cyan.
Middle stamen genes are of the form IXX, where X is either Y, O, or R. Y produces yellow, O produces magenta, and R produces cyan.
Inner stamen genes are of the form IXXX, where X is either Y, O, or R. Y produces yellow, O produces magenta, and R produces cyan.
Thus the outer stamens always inherit properties from the middle and inner stamens. So you can't have a red middle stamen and a cyan outer stamen on the same plant.
It also makes inner stamen colors harder to get, since the genes are longer.
Petals
U appears to have something to do with inner petals -- It appears in flowers with colored inner petals and does not appear in flowers with all white inner petals. Possibly similar cases for G with outer petals.
Other
Assuming all the IO and IY sequences are the stamen color for Delicate, this leaves us with GYOR on the end, which is probably the Dwarf gene. It also might include the Y, making YGYOR.
- Note: YGYOR (which includes GYOR) seems to be present in Fracture genome, which is normal size ... so I don't know if this is the whole story.
- This could be explained by Fracture also containing 2 giant genes as well. It would explain the high number of giant and giantx2 crossbreeds with fracture on the left splint, and the high number of "mini" and dwarf crossbreeds with Fracture on the right.
- I would say Fracture contains 1 giant (ROYG) and 1 dwarf (GYOR) gene, thus making it normal. The high number of giant and giant2 could be explained by dropping the dwarf and splicing in a G after the 2nd Y.
Noticing that stock strains that require fewer than 48 fertilizations to bulb have V in genome, where stock strains requiring 48 fertilizations do not.