>>Holy Crap!
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>>T.C., you raise some interesting and exciting possibilities!
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>>The whole concept of Creamsicle being guttata_x_emoryi is called into question!
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>>If so, then what have I got? (Besides one fat-ass Creamsicle!)
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>>Also, the pics posted show many individuals with tendencies towards stripes and zigzag, something I noticed in a fair proportion of my hatchlings over the years. Could these be different mutations than the ones already existing in guttata?
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>>This is so cool!
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>>John D


John, the reverse-striped female meahllmorum I posted is just an aberrant pattern. I don't believe it's a mutation. It's likely the pattern variations you're seeing from your creamsicle are from the corn. Your cream looks like it's mostly corn. When outcrossed, creams are usually bred with corns, and eventually you get a new cream that's more corn than Emory. I'm afraid you'll never know what's in your creamsicle. But you could get a western corn and outcross your cream, getting a new cream eventually that would have something in it you know for sure.

Terry
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