Re: REAL selfing (:GENETICS)
- Subject: Re: REAL selfing (:GENETICS)
- From: Mike and Vickie Brock v*@mcn.org
- Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 19:44:44 -0800
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Mark, that kinda the theme that is being said here...so shall I say were on
the same page.
> 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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