RP06

Calico, Green, Prickly

RP06, the sixth mutagen unlocked in River Plains by Renard uses 3 Calico, Green, and Prickly (Negative to Reticulated,Spongy,Spotted) moss 2 duelling serpent,2 dung root, 4 heaven's torrent, 2 pool of tranquility, 3 spiderling mushrooms.

First mutation test: L-Vampire R-Silken

First mutation

The effect on L-Vampire is subtle, slightly bluer than a pure Vampire. Perhaps an IY was disrupted?

The effect on R-Silken is obvious, Cyan1 on the Outer and Middle stamen, requiring an IRR genome.

Only a replacement of the first gene (R) with an I would cause this effect, so RP06 hits the 1/18 of the Right Genome.

Additional information can be found from the second mutation test, which showed that RP06 hits 4/18 of the left Genome. The closest only I on Vampire this range would possibly hit would be gene 3/12.

Second mutation test: L-Silken R-Vampire

Second mutation

The effect on L-Silken is obvious, Magenta1 on the Outer and Middle stamen, requiring an IOO genome.

Only a replacement of the fourth gene (O) with an I would cause this effect, so RP06 hits the 4/18 of the Left Genome.

The effect on R-Vampire is subtle, but clearly an I was hit. Given the information from the first test, it must have hit 1/12.

Next step

Already I've been able to narrow down the gene hit locations quite well, but I'd like to get more precise with a larger genome. Clarity has a generous genome length of 36, and lots of Stamen related genes (I) toward the beginning of the genome. The mutagen should hit somewhere between the 6th and the 10th gene on Clarity.

The first 10 genes are as follows: IRIRIOIOIY

I will attempt to add an R into this sequence. If the R is added to the 6th or 8th gene, the outer stamen will become sea green. If the mutagen hits the 7th gene, an IO sequence will be disrupted, removing some magenta colour from the outer stamen creating a pale green. If the mutagen hits the 9th gene, an IY will be disrupted, removing some yellow colour from the outer stamen creating a bluish grey. If the mutagen hits the 10th gene, the IY will become and IR creating a slate blue colour.

For this to work, I need to find a lily with an R gene at the very beginning of the sequence. Choices include Fracture or Silken Fracture will do nicely, it is 18 genes in length so I know for certain what it will hit since its length matches Silken.

If the fourth test, were be Fracture Left, Clarity Right.

The fourth gene of Fracture, a G will be placed on either the first or second gene of Clairty. Either will look like the same result, which is not desirable.

The fourth test, will be Silken Left, Clarity Right.

The fourth gene of Silken, an O will be placed on either the first or second gene of Clarity. Visually, if the first or third gene is hit, the outer stamen will become a rosy brown. If the second or fourth gene is hit, the middle stamen will be a red-violet since instead of just disrupting an IR, the IR will become an IO.

With such distinctive results on a higher length genome, the target left and right genes should be narrowed significantly.

Third mutation test: L-Clarity R-Silken

Third mutation

An I was transplanted from the Clarity to the Silken and an IO allele was disrupted on the Clarity. Given our previous results, gene 7 must have been hit by the mutagen.

Fourth mutation test: L-Silken R-Clarity

Fourth mutation

No colour is visible on the Silken Stamen, so when the fourth gene was replaced, it was not replaced by an I narrowing down the possible genes to the second or fourth gene(R). The red-violet color on the stamen now present bears out this theory, as an IR allele must have been replaced by an IO. Almost certainly the second because if it affected the fourth out of 36 genes in this case, it would have affected the second out of 18 genes in Silken so I will rule out gene 4 based on that fact.

Next step

So, where to go from here. Ultimately I would like to characterize this mutagen based on Dusk, since that is the sea lily with the longest genome which is definitively known. On the right splint, this mutagen would hit genes 3-6.

The first eight genes of dusk are: GROR GORR, a magenta north and cyan north.

I'd like to test this against a new flower if possible, like Morning. On the left splint, this mutagen would hit genes 8-9. The first twelve genomes of morning are: IRRRIYYYIYYY

Eight possibilities exist:

L8R3

Dusk becomes: GRYR - a null set which will be visible via a loss in magenta to the north petals and no other effect

Morn becomes: IYYO which will be visible on the stamen by less yellow being visible in the inner stamen. This occurs with all L8 sets.

L8R4

Dusk becomes: GROY GORR - ROYG is a giant set which will change flower size, along with the loss of magenta to the north petals

L8R5

Dusk becomes: GROR YORR - making the cyan a null set

L8R6

Dusk becomes: GROR GYRR - again making cyan a null set, indistinguishable from L8R5.

L9R3

Dusk becomes: GRIR - Breaking the magenta north and visibly changing the pigment of the outer stamen.

Morn becomes: OYYY - A null set so color is removed frrm the stamen with no other effect

L9R4

Dusk becomes: GROI GORR - Breaking the magenta north and having no other effect.

Morn becomes: RYYY - A null set so color is removed from the stamen with no other effect

L9R5

Dusk becomes IORR - Breaking the cyan north, and coloring the outer stamen.

Morn becomes: GYYY - Intensifying yellow in the South petal set.

L9R6

Dusk becomes: GIRR - Breaking the cyan north and increasing cyan color in the outer and middle stamen.

Morn becomes: OYYY - A null set so color is removed from the stamen with no other effect

Of these, only L8R5 and L8R6 are indistinguishable. 25% chance of happening, not bad odds and the result on dusk can be readily clarified with additional tests.

What will happen with Dusk Left, Morning Right?

On the left, the mutagen will hit Dusk genes 13-16, a GYOR set.

On the right, the mutagen will hit Morning 2-3, either one an R from IRRR.

Again, 8 possibilities.

L13R2 or L13R3

Dusk becomes RYOR, breaking the dwarf set and having no other visible effect.

R2: IGRR - cyan color removed form all stamen

R3: IRGR - cyan color removed from the inner and middle stamen.

L14R2 or L14Re

Dusk becomes GROR, breaking dwarf and adding Magenta north.

R2: IYRR - cyan color removed from all stamen, yellow added to the outer stamen.

R3: IRYR - cyan color removed from the inner and middle stamen.

L15R2 or L15R3

Dusk becomes GYRR, breaking the dwarf set and having no other visible effect.

R2: IORR - cyan color removed from all stamen, magenta added to the outer stamen.

R3: IROR - cyan color removed from the inner and middle stamen.

L16R2 or L16R3

Swaps an R for R, perfectly ordinary Dusk and Morning.

This is more troublesome. I cannot distinguish between L13R3 and L15R3, nor can I distinguish between L16R2 and L16R3. Still, either result will provide an exact answer for either Dusk or Morning, and I might get a definitive answer for both.

Fifth mutation test: L-Morning R-Dusk

Fifth mutation

Little dusk is now normal size. This mutation was not expected to alter any dwarf genes, but one possible combination WAS expected to create a giant allele. Two giants and a dwarf combine to create a perfectly normal sized lily.

The inner stamen is really hard to see, but close examination shows that it is now cyan instead of green, indicating a loss of yellow. L8R4, the eight gene of Morning has mutated along with the fourth gene of Dusk.

Sixth mutation test: L-Dusk R-Morning

Sixth mutation

Aw, little dusk is all grown up now. The dwarf gene set has broken, leaving us with just a giant dusk and no other visible changes.

Cyan color has been removed from the inner and middle stamen of the Morning, leaving an ambiguous result for which dusk gene was hit, but we now know that the third gene of Morning was mutated.

Either the 13th or the 15th gene of Dusk was mutated, and further testing looks like it might be required, but wait! We learned something new from the fifth mutation test! When the RP06 Mutagen affected the eight gene of morning, that limits the upper found of the mutagen to affecting the 20.455% gene. Any higher and it would have hit the 9th gene instead (since 9/44 = .20455)! Since 15/73 = 20.548, it can't have been the 15th gene affected by the mutagen. Final result, L13R3.

Next step

This leaves us with Blush (26), Crown (37), Delicate (16), Energy (42), and Fracture (18) yet to test. It is unnecessary to test fracture, with it's genome length of 18 it will behave like Silken in determining which genes are affected.

We know that the left splint range has been restricted to 16.667%-19.178%.

Blush: This should affect gene 5

Crown: This should affect gene 7

Delicate: This should affect gene 3

Energy: This should affect gene 7 or 8

We know that the right splint range has been restricted to 4.545%-6.849%.

Blush: This should affect gene 1

Crown: This should affect gene 2

Delicate: This should affect gene 1 This is unnecessary to test, since a larger genome has already been shown to affect the first gene.

Energy: This should affect gene 2

There is some ambiguity about rounding so I'm not entirely sure about these results and will have to test them. Unfortunately, since the first five genes of Energy are V, it would either require revelation solvents or multiple tests to pin down exactly the results on the right splint.

References

Genomes for reference to genomes.

Flower_Genome_Theories for interpretation of gene sets.

Mutagen_Research_and_Recipes for information on Mutagen recipes, and location for results to be loaded to.