Subject: Re: apomictic?
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Subject: Re: apomictic?
When apomitic seeds where produced, the genes get the chance to grow to a
mature plant maybe at another place where maybe the chance to make sexual
propagation is greater . When this happens for the apomitic generation the
motherplant reach the target to conserve her genes in nature life.
Thomas
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An: moto_do@t-online.de
Datum: Dienstag, 23. Februar 1999 20:34
Betreff: Re: apomictic?
>In a message dated 2/23/99 7:42:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, dave-
>poole@ilsham.demon.co.uk writes:
>
>> This way, it is perfectly possibly to get a true cultivar of a
>> dessert orange for instance, from seed by selecting out and retaining
>> the nucellar seedlings. The difference in appearance is invariably
>> quite marked and 'normal' seedling can be easily identified since it
>> is usually considerably less vigorous.
>
>If the "normal" seedling is less vigorous than the apomictic ones--and
would
>therefore be at a competitive disadvantage to them--why does the plant
produce
>it? Pollination/fertilization costs the plant energy, so why do it just t=
o
>produce a disadvantaged seedling?
>
>Jason Hernandez
>Naturalist-at-Large
>
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