Morning Glories: Qualities of the ideal Japanese Morning Glory, 1 by atenkley

atenkley wrote:
Joseph,

I re-read your post with the question about Q0426 and now realize that I misunderstood you originally! Thanks for putting up with my rambling on the genetics!! The picture is of the seedlings taken this afternoon. I planted them all in the garden this evening.

Ron,

The differences of feathered and double between I. nil and I. purpurea are definitely interesting. As they accomplish their "effects" in different ways, like you mentioned, I wonder if they are different genes? I guess they would be..being different species..

When I returned home late this week, my Q0426 seedlings had developed true leaves. They all have curled leaf edges which is the phenotype I believe for being heterozygous for the feathered gene. That is a good thing for me. Now I just hope that some are heterozygous for duplicate (double). My initial impression was that they were all cordate leaves, which doesn't fit with my rationale on cordate and feathered being closly linked. Upon closer inspection, I don't think they are cordate, as I think I can see points...it is dificult to see with the edges curled. I also realize that the first leaves often are not indicative of the plant's eventual leaf shape.

As this is my first experience raising these plants, this is obviously all speculation on my part! But that is part of the fun!