Re: Lobes, genetics, and seed variability
Kathie: you are correct!! last time i tried to explain it in these
terms (about a year and half ago) i got flamed by a genetics
professor!
the traits are passed to the seeds and the pollinator cannot change
the genetic traits of the receptor.
Glenn
Kathie Morgan wrote:
>
> Joe re-opened the can of genes, so in I dive.
> My understanding is that the pollinator contributes NOTHING to the
> traits of the pumpkin he pollinated, any more than you, the pollinator
> of your wife, contribute anything to her genetic make-up. THEIR
> offspring, however, the SEEDS, contain genes from you and your wife. Am
> I right or wrong? Thanks! Kathie
>
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