RE: REAL selfing (:GENETICS)
Mike, hopefully someone can fill in for me, as I skipped around in the
book for the past year & a half. "...the probability of obtaining
genotype AABBCCddeeffppvv is about (1/2)8th power , or 1/256. And this
is if we did no selection at all. In other words, if we merely inbred
each generation without any evaluation whatsoever or any selection at
all, raising three hundred seeds each generation for five generations,
we would have a 1 in 256 probability of obtaining the exact genotype we
want, AABBCCddeeffppvv. That's within the realm of possibility."
(page 137, Carol Deppe, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties)
My main plant I grow is heirloom tomatoes but AG's are nearly a tie,
except I can do a lot more tomatoes in a city yard, which is the main
reason I got the book. Hopefully this will stirr some interest in
others, or at least hold you over til I get back from Thursday $1 Nite
at the near-local bar, 9pm-1am!
Mark K.
P.S. PumpkinPirate Kevin: Grow something BIG & ORANGE-- like Kellogg's
Breakfast! And please gow out some of those Korney's Jelly Beans & let
me know what they turned out like (as well as anyone else I sent either
of these seeds to; the Korney's are my own & are NOT the "jelly bean"
grape tomato being advertised in 2003 seed catalogs!)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Mike and Vickie Brock
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:02 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: REAL selfing (:GENETICS)
Hey Marc that is a great contribution am reading that book right Now!!
by Carol Deppe....Breed your own Vegetable Varieties......just trying to
get some good discussion going.......and yes a bit trying to guide the
train of thought.....get that from being a teacher sorry........to be
overwhelming......i'll chill a couple of knotches,,,,I can take a
hint......MB
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