More Genetics
- To: pumpkins
- Subject: More Genetics
- From: G* S*
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:46:48 -0600
Harold,
I did some preliminary reading on Mendelian Genetics and have a question
to help steer my study in the right direction.
First do Mendelian Genetics apply to all living things, only animal life
or only
plant life. Assuming the answer is all or plant then we can continue.
In a mono hybrid cross, organisms differing in only one trait are
crossed.
Pumpkin seeds are swapped among growers with the receiving grower
knowing very little about the plant the seeds came from. Can we say that
two seeds from different crosses of AG pumpkins, differ in only one
trait?
Would the crossing of AG more appropriately fall under the guise of
dihybrid cross? Or some other classification?
Remember some of us are not Phd's nor do we possess degrees in this
field (I am a computer programmer, lived in the city all my life and
have
never been to a real farm). I do however have something to learn
from people like you.
The goal is simple, grow the worlds largest pumpkin. To that end people
have been trading seeds and studying ag. methods in an attempt to push
the
record. My understanding is that since the advent of the Dill AG and
P&P,
world pumpkin weights have exploded.
Please help us understand the effects of crossing with regards to the
stated goal.
Greg
(no I don't use pocket protectors)
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