Although possible, and indeed interesting, this is a time consuming and costly proposition if large scale sequencing were to be used. Also, as harlequin phals are neither model organism nor cash crop, I bet it would be difficult to fund this venture. There are other methods that could be used, but they are also time consuming, assuming little is known about the mutated locus. So, I wouldn't expect it to happen anytime soon, but you might save up that idea for 10 or 15 years and find a better reception. Julia
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:16:20 +0000 From: "K Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] Harlequin Phal question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Reply-To: "the OrchidGuide Digest \(OGD\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message: 3 In researching a different topic I came across an old question that never was answered on the OGD (imagine that.) I believe it was Iris who asked if anyone knew what error occured in Golden Peoker that gave rise to the harlequin phals. I have gone brain dead and I can't recall if this was a naturally occuring mutation, or if it was an error in the mericloning process. I'm sure someone will kindly refresh my memory. Nevertheless, in today's climate of genome sequencing, has there been any discovery of why the blotching occurred and could this be switched on in other plants? Like harlequin Catts or Dendrobiums? K Barrett N Calif, USA _________________________________________________________________ ***************************************
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