RE: we may all be hybrids
No, but there's probably a fine line (which I don't know) betwwen what
has to be different amongst the two for the offspring to be a hybrid. I
thing if you took an Apaloosa horse & bred it with an Arabian horse or
Shetland horse, the offspring would be a hybrid. If you took an AG &
bred it with a Big Max or Prizewinner, the offspring would be a hybrid.
If you took a winter squash & bred it with an AG, the offspring would be
a hybrid (both are in the C. Maxima family as are Big Max & Prizewinner,
and Prizewinner is already a hybrid but I don't know the parents.) But
if you took a siamese cat & bred it with another siamese cat, and the
offspring was another siamese cat that looked the same, I don't think it
would be a real hybrid, but if it grew bigger, ate less of your food
money & was faster, this may be the addition of desirable
characteristics or traits--maybe this is something similar to hybrid
vigor? Without being hybrid? Help!? Someone? Anyone want to jump in?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Kathie Morgan
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 7:16 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: we may all be hybrids
Mark K wrote: Hybrid vigor is like increased performance by introducing
something to the plant from another plant ...
Thanks for the reply! Does this mean that all pollination is
hybridization except for selfing and sibbing? Kathie
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