Re: Lobes, genetics, and seed variability
There seems to be a little bit of confusion on this topic.
While not quite the same - certain aspects could be considered similar with
humans.
Think of a pumpkin plant as a women - think of the female bloom as also part
of that women - think of the male bloom as . . .. .well you know. The male
bloom does his thing - but the results are not seen immediately on the
female - until the baby or seeds are born and in this case the resulting
seeds are grown. When a human becomes pregnant (aside from gaining a little
weight) they do not start to resemble the impregnating father do they - so
why would the pumpkin show any of the characteristics of the father?
Not a real good analogy - someone else care to take a stab at this??
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathie Morgan" <fishrap@netdex.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: Lobes, genetics, and seed variability
> ... So, aside from partial or incomplete pollinations, the male
> pollinator has no known effect known on the fruit it pollinated... G
>
> G, But it DOES affect the seeds, right? Thanks again! Kathie
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