Mutagens

See also: Genetics for Dummies

Mutagenics is researchable after Advanced Chemistry, Advanced Glassblowing, Viticulture and Gardening -> Crossbreeding, Herbiculture. (See the Talk:Mutagens page for the full path.)

Missing Mutagen Moss Alerts

Saqqarah Positives: Crackly, Slimy, Smelly  Negatives: Fuzzy, Hairy, Mottled  Contact Ariella

Note: A mutagenic moss MUST have all the positive attributes listed. The moss cannot have any of the three negative attributes listed. It can also have any other attributes along with the positive attributes.

Example:
Positive Moss Attributes: Hairy, Mottled, Striped
Negative Moss Attributes: Calico, Spongy, Spotted
A correct moss could be Dry, Hairy, Mottled, Striped or Hairy, Fuzzy, Mottled, Reticulated, Striped. A wrong moss would be Hairy, Mottled (it is missing Striped) or Hairy, Mottled, Spotted, Striped (it should not have the negative Spotted in it).

What Is A Mutagen?

A mutagen is a secretion droplet created by a recipe in a mutagen lab. The recipe and ingredients are akin to a recipe and ingredients in a kitchen. A mutagen lab will continue secreting mutagen droplets from a recipe for about 30 days at a rate of about 9 droplets per real life day. The mutagen lab cannot be stopped or used for another mutagen recipe during this time period.

How To Apply/Use a Mutagen and Its Effect

A mutagen is applied to the left and right splint plants in a greenhouse. The mutagen will switch a gene from the left splint plant with a gene from the right splint plant. It can be used on any plant with a genome -- sea lilies, roses of Ra, orchids, sand blooms, flax, wheat, vines, etc.

A mutagen is applied to the left and right splint plants in a greenhouse. The mutagen will switch a gene on the "left splint" plant with a gene on the "right splint" plant.

More precisely, the mutagen switches a gene located after the first m% of the genetic code of the left splint plant with one located after the first n% of the genetic code of the right splint plant.

Two child plants are produced. The child plant with the lowest number is the modified left splint plant, and the child plant with the highest number is the modified right splint plant.

(This is in contrast to cross breeding with Nut's Essence, where some of the left part of the genome of the left splint plant is spliced onto a section of the right part of the genome of the right splint plant and produces only one child bulb.)

Example

(See Genomes and Phenome Theories Links for genome info) In the greenhouse, a "Vampire Sea Lily" is put in the left splint, and a "Fracture Sea Lily" is put in the right splint. A theoretical "crackly, spongy" mutagen, theoretically switches the bolded genes Y and G in the following way:

"Crackly, spongy" will switch the "8% gene" on the left splint with the "70% gene" on the right splint.

The left splint has 12 genes. 84% of the genetic code of the left splint is after that gene. The 8% gene can be calculated as follows: ceiling(.16*12) = ceiling(.96)+1 = 1+1 = 2. This means the 2nd gene (Y) in the left splint will be affected for a size 12 left splint.

Likewise for the right splint, the "70% gene", given a genetic code size of 18, means the affected gene is the 12th gene. ( ceiling(18*.60)+1 gives 12)

Left Splint--> IYIYIOIYIOIO (Vampire genome)
Right Splint--> ROYGROYGYORGORGOOO (Fracture genome)

Two child bulbs result:

[avatar name] #1 IGIYIOIYIOIO
[avatar name] #2 ROYGROYGYORYORGOOO

Note: In practice, we don't know the exact percentages that a mutagen will hit. We can only deduce the percentages based on observations of the genetic code (using solvents) of newly created plants.

Note 2: There is a "bug" in the game's percent to gene number conversion. Instead of n%*(amount of genes), the formula is n%*(amount of genes+1). If the gene number is higher than the size of the genetic code, the number is reduced by 1.

Mutagen Recipes In Progress

Region	# Moss att	Moss Quantity	Positive Moss att	Negative Moss att	# Shroom Types	Recipe Shrooms	Shroom Bulk	Avatar	Lab coords
Meroe	#	#	+	-	~	#	x	#
Saqqarah	3		Crackly, Slimy, Smelly	Fuzzy, Hairy, Mottled				Ariella

Mutagens Discovered

Basic Mutagen info

When applying a mutagen to a plant that is not listed in a subsequent table you can calculate the targeted genes with the left and right target min. and max. percentages applied to the genome lengths (K.s not included).

  Note: substitute 100% by 99.99% to make formulas in the example below work all the time

Example 1 (adventurous use and target % determination)

• we put a plant with length 30 genome in left splint
• we put a plant with length 20 genome in the right splint
• we apply a mutagen with left percentages 10.02-11.52 and right percentages 53.11-55.30
• targeted gene calculation
  • left splint lowest possible impact 10.02 * 30 / 100 + 1 = 4.006, truncated --> 4
  • left splint highest possible impact 11.52 * 30 / 100 + 1 = 4.456, truncated --> 4
  • right splint lowest possible impact 53.11 * 20 / 100 + 1 = 11.622, truncated --> 11
  • right splint highest possible impact 55.30 * 20 / 100 + 1 = 12.060, truncated --> 12
• so the mutagen will target the 4th gene of the left splint plant and the 11th or 12th gene of the right splint plant (looking at the numbers shows a higher probability to hit the 11th)
• we proceed with the experiment and hope to hit the 11th
• we are lucky and hit the 11th !!!
• this means we can narrow down the right target zone max. % as follows: 11 * 100 / 20 = 55.00 (round down for min. %, round up for max. %)

Example 2 (planning for a correct hit)

• we want to hit (= replace) the 7th gene of a length 27 genome
• target min. % = (7-1) * 100 / 27 = 22.222
• target max. % = 7 * 100 / 27 = 25.926
• we look at the mutagen table and sort the table on Left target min. %
• mutagens with Left min. % >= 22.23 and Left max. % <= 25.92 are candidates to be goodies
• for each goodie, look at the possibilities of with the Right target values, you will likely find a plant with the genome you want in the perfect spot, especially when using short genomes
• if no goodies found yet (or if you are brave enough to look for other solutions) look at the mutagen table and sort the table on Right target min. %
• mutagens with Right min. % >= 22.23 and Right max. % <= 25.92 are candidates to be goodies
• for each goodie, look at the possibilities of with the Left target values, you will likely find a plant with the genome you want in the perfect spot, especially when using short genomes

  Feel free to contact Ariella or Pascalito with questions and with data updates you don't dare to apply or hesitate about -- accurate data is of EXTREME importance

Known Recipes

Mutagen Name	Recipe	Negative Moss att	Avatar	Region	Left splint target zone min. %	Left splint target zone max. %	Right splint target zone min. %	Right splint target zone max. %
Mottled, Phosphorescent and Reticulated	5 Mottled, Phosphorescent, Reticulated; 6 Acorn's Cap, 7 Dueling Serpents, 1 Dung Rot, 5 Eye of Osiris, 1 Hairy Tooth, 1 Heaven's Torrent	Prickly, Slimy, Spotted	Ariella	Saqqarah 1	0%	33.34%	33.33%	66.67%
Calico, Reticulated and Spotted	5 Calico, Reticulated, Spotted; 6 Bleeding Hand	Crackly, Mottled, Phosphorescent	Ariella	Saqqarah 2	0.00%	33.34%	91.66%	99.99%
Hairy, Mottled and Striped	6 Hairy, Mottled, Striped; 4 Brain, 1 Cobra Hood, 7 Earth Light, 4 Fish Hook, 5 Iron Knot, 1 Toad Skin	Calico, Spongy, Spotted	Eldrad/Ariella	Saqqarah 3	L-%	L+%	R-%	R+%
Mottled, Smelly and Spotted	3 Mottled, Smelly, Spotted; 3 Spiderlings	Dry, Phosphorescent, Spongy	Ariella	Saqqarah 4	L-%	L+%	R-%	R+%

Practical Tables

The following tables show which gene is hit by a mutagen on each splint side.

Practical Sea Lily table

These tables show which gene is substituted, along with gene number (if available) counting genes from left to right starting at 1 just after the K.

L = left, R = right, numbers designate the targeted gene.
Genome lengths: Bl 26, Cl 36, Cr 29, De 16, Du 73, En 42, Fr 18, Mo 44, Si 18, Va 12

Mutagen Name	Bl L	Cl L	Cr L	De L	Du L	En L	Fr L	Mo L	Si L	Va L	Bl R	Cl R	Cr R	De R	Du R	En R	Fr R	Mo R	Si R	Va R
template row	Bl	Cl	Cr	De	Du	En	Fr	Mo	Si	Va	Bl	Cl	Cr	De	Du	En	Fr	Mo	Si	Va

Practical Orchid table

L = left, R = right, numbers designate the targeted gene.
Genome lengths: AN 30, Sa 28, SL 31, HD 34

Mutagen Name	AN L	Sa L	SL L	HD L	AN R	Sa R	SL R	HD R
template row	AN	Sa	SL	HD	AN	Sa	SL	HD

Practical Rose of Ra table

L = left, R = right, numbers designate the targeted gene.
Genome lengths: Bl 8, Go 12 HB 24, HoD ?, NB 45, OS 25, Pa 16, PG, 17, RD ?, WG 12

Mutagen Name	Bl L	Go L	HB L	HoD L	NB L	OS L	Pa L	PG L	RD L	WG L	Bl R	Go R	HB R	HoD R	NB R	OS R	Pa R	PG R	RD R	WG R
template row	Bl	Go	HB	HoD	NB	OS	Pa	PG	RD	WG	Bl	Go	HB	HoD	NB	OS	Pa	PG	RD	WG

Practical Sand Bloom table

L = left, R = right, numbers designate the targeted gene.
Genome lengths: Ca 34, Co 26, LD 18, LT 19, PM 29, Pr 23, Sa 24, Su 13

Mutagen Name	Ca L	Co L	LD L	LT L	PM L	Pr L	Sa L	Su L	Ca R	Co R	LD R	LT R	PM R	Pr R	Sa R	Su R
template row	Ca	Co	LD	LT	PM	Pr	Sa	Su	Ca	Co	LD	LT	PM	Pr	Sa	Su

Practical Flax table

L = left, R = right, numbers designate the targeted gene.
Genome lengths: NG 27, OE 39

Mutagen Name	MG L	OE L	MG R	OE R
template row	NG	OE	NG	OE

Practical Wheat table

L = left, R = right, numbers designate the targeted gene.
Genome lengths: Ab 19, Dr 14, Ma ?, Sa 22, Wi 19

Mutagen Name	Ab L	Dr L	Ma L	Sa L	Wi L	Ab R	Dr R	Ma R	Sa R	Wi R
template row	Ab	Dr	Ma	Sa	Wi	Ab	Dr	Ma	Sa	Wi

Practical Grape Vine table

L = left, R = right, numbers designate the targeted gene.
Genome lengths: Am 31, Ap 12, Ba 31, Co 18, Di ?, Fr 27?, Wi 25?

Mutagen Name	Am L	Ap L	Ba L	Co L	Di L	Fr L	Wi L	Am R	Ap R	Ba R	Co R	Di R	Fr R	Wi R
Mottled, Phosphorescent and Reticulated	R	Y	G	Y	G	O	O	G	Y	Y	Y	G	G	O
template row	Am	Ap	Ba	Co	Di	Fr	Wi	Am	Ap	Ba	Co	Di	Fr	Wi