Re: Genetics 101
Hi Joe and others -
Let's keep this discussion going. I just love it when the list addresses
serious questions, especially ones that we don't know the answers to yet!
Unfortunately I'm not knowledgeable enough about genetics to make much of a
contribution, but I'm all ears for whatever ideas you all have.
I do want to point out one thing about the dog analogy. I'm not sure that
is a valid comparison. Atlantic Giants are not like German Shepherds and
St. Bernards. They are like German Shepherds and German Shepherds. I
suspect that dog breeders actively try to cross superior individuals within
a single breed, and I believe that's what many AG growers are also
attempting.
I do not have a strong opinion about selfing or sibbing vs. crossing plants
with mutually exclusive genetics, but let's try to keep the thinking
straight or we will surely end up somewhere weird.
Beth
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>Another analogy-- What happens when you cross a purebred German >Shepard
>with a Purebred Saint Bernard? You have taken away from the >purity of
>these genetics. Then you keep crossing these offspring until >you have
>this small dog with no unique qualites at all.
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