Re: Gold Standard changing to ?
Leaf color is one of the many thousand characteristics a
plant has. A single gene change leading to a yellow centered leaf
like in June is applouded by everyone( and rightly so).
If a single gene change out of about 25000 genes a plant has, is so
easily actepted why then it is not accepted that many other
gene changes are possible at the same rate that are less clearly
visible. Why is is that if a single gene change can be so important
that changing the identity of a pair of chromosomes as is happening
in a mitotic recombinant is to difficult to accept that it can
give al kind of new characteristics to such a sport.. Example of the
latter:a green edged sport from a whole yellow plant. There is no
suspicion, Ran, that divisions of a single plant (originator stock!)
can lead to different plants, that is a fact, even if they look
similar at first sight.
Ben J.M.Zonneveld
Clusius lab pobox 9505
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Zonneveld@RULbim.LeidenUniv.NL
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