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Post by dld on Feb 14, 2010 11:54:44 GMT -5
What do you gain by de-hybridizing a tomato other than the ability to collect seeds?
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Post by PVP on Feb 14, 2010 12:46:36 GMT -5
Capturing specific traits expressed in the hybrid and locking them into a true breeding line of your own.
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Post by jcm05 on Feb 15, 2010 7:33:11 GMT -5
You also gain the ability to steal the hybrid's name even though the new variety is about as genetically similar to the original hybrid as, say...sungold is to black cherry.  ;D |
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