Questions tagged [genetics]
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In The Martian, Mark keeps the largest potatoes for his food supply and replants the smaller ones. Doesn't this cultivate smaller potatoes?
I was watching The Martian, and there is a scene with Mark harvests his potatoes and says that he keeps the larger ones for his food supply and replants the smaller ones.
Wouldn't this create a genetic propensity for the next harvest to favor…
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Why does the seed from red celosia have a purple flower?
Around 4-6 months ago I planted the seeds of a Cock's Comb (Celosia).
I found the seeds from a very pretty bush of red Cock's Comb that looked exactly liked the first picture below around my park so I decided to take the seeds home and plant…
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What causes this strange mutation on my Roma tomato?
I'm curious, is this a mutation or something else? This is a store bought Roma plant so I do not know the genetics. The tomato fell off whilst I was collecting my harvest around 8/8/22. It didn't take much for the tomato to pop off the vine. It…
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