Re: Sports...several definitions
- Subject: Re: Sports...several definitions
- From: h*@open.org
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 22:05:56 -0700 (PDT)
Jim:
>I believe the most important criteria to consider in defining a sport
>is to determine if the cause of the change is genetically controlled,
>that is, is the plant in question different because of gentic
>reasons.
Any nuclear mutation or cytogeneic change that effects the genotype
may well qualify the new "offspring" as a sport, but what about
transposible elements? If a transposible element moves from one
location to another location and results in a sport via a "position
effect", does that really change the genetic makeup of the plant?
Joe Halinar
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