Re: An open letter to all
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: An open letter to all
- From: C* M* <C*@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 01:49:01 -0600 (MDT)
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Ross Bishop wrote:
> > (Wonder what would happen if I could cross a TBI with a Dahlia?);}
>
> With the way genetic engineering is going wait a couple of years and you
> may find out! Baaaah.
> Ross
>
It may be possible to do this if you were to create protoplasts of Iris
and Dahlia (easy with the last one as it's amenable to tissue culture)
and then do a somatic fusion possibly using PEG or electroporation and
clonal selection. Not sure what you'd get though...Triffid?
Christopher Morris
(One of those deviant genetic engineers!)
Hexham, Northumberland, UK
Watsonia Ardneri still going strong
