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Day: June 4, 2015

A glass half full

Posted on 2015-06-042023-01-06 by Allison J. Gong

It’s becoming quite clear that I don’t have to worry about having too many sea star larvae to deal with. While the embryos from my F1 x M1 (Purple x Purple) cross had hatched this morning, nothing from the F2 x M1 (Orange x Purple) cross looked promising. I’m about ready to write off these…

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Questions and answers

Posted on 2015-06-04 by Allison J. Gong

I’ve been fielding questions about my recent sea star spawning work from people I’ve shared this blog with, which is a lot of fun! To streamline things and make the info available to anybody who might be following, I decided to put together a very brief FAQ-like post to address the most recent questions. Question:  Can you…

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