this is terry mcgarty, i saw this discussion and thought it was worth commenting on
i do not know "maurice" so i cannot comment on his remarks but i saw what i believe are his comments a couple of years ago
flower color is an interesting area. i was stimulated to examine it a bit by reading alan turing last paper on tesselation, where he discusses colors in zebras and the like. however we have recently begun to understand patterns such as those on calico cats as being epigenetic in nature and not just genetic. yet even there we believe that a turing like tesselation may play a role.
i would be pleased to try and discuss, i avoid answer since many of these are works in progress, your questions. i prepared the document on the web site as a discussion piece and not as a definitive document. furthermore i got more heavily involved in the epigenetics issues and this had added significant complexity.
many of the constructs we have applied to various cancer pathways, since the coloring of cells is a pathway activation process just as the growth in cancer cells.
again if i can enter into a constructive dialog, get corrections on my draft, expand what has been done so far, i always enjoy collaborative discussions. i also as a common professional practice use my full name because that way you can also do your own due diligence.
again many thanks for your time spent slogging through the document, i also apologize for what is suspect are many typos, i have a bit of dyslexia and even with spell checking i often get the right spelling of the wrong words.
i look forward to your comments, feel free to contact me directly if you want. i am up in cambridge the rest of the week but am back on the week next.
regards
terry mcgarty
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