Re: hybridizing
- Subject: Re: hybridizing
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 96 21:20:41 MST
In a message dated 96-02-18 22:57:24 EST, you write:
>> dennis, steve, clarence - pardon me if i make a total idiot of myself with
>> this, but i thought maternal cells of critters have dna (plus other
>> cytoplasmic stuff) outside the nucleus that gets passed along. seems like
>i
>> remember that plants do that kind of thing even more (isn't corn genetics
>> famous for that stuff?) so, it is logical that some characteristics would
>be
>> 'undiluted' from the maternal side.
>>
>> linda mann e tenn
>
>You can't make an idiot of yourself when you are right.
>
>Chloroplasts, mitochondria, and (perhaps) other things can come only from
the
>mommy.
>
>Gerry
While true, I still know of no scientific evidence to show that vigor in
daylilies or irises is affected by which iris is used as pod or pollen
parent. As I said, I have asserted this is not true, merely that I'm
agnostic on this theory....if there is evidence I really do want to know.
Clarence Mahan (P.S. One of the great things about having irises as an
avocation is that one never stops learning.)
