Dennis G. wrote:
>> George Hammond <ghammond at mediaone.net> wrote:
>> >
> >"Asexual reproduction does not allow genetic variation,
> >but guarantees reproduction (no dependence on others).
> >It rapidly increases numbers of an organism and keeps
> >its desired combination of traits."
> >
> True. If the asexual technique is sufficiently rigid and exact
> >"Economically speaking, it is very beneficial to reproduce
> >plants asexually. It guarantees a "perfect" product every
> >time because once the desired combination of genes is found,
> >there is no need to risk losing it through sexual reproduction."
> >
> The basis of floriculture .
> SNIPPED
> > The reason I ask, is that the question has come up as to
> >whether you can actually PROVE that there is such a thing as
> >a "growth curve variation" which is ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT
> >of "genetics". It seems to me, simply measuring the yearly
> >crop yield variation in such a planting of "Identical Twin
> >Potatoes" would prove that such a thing exists. Has this
> >already been proven. Is it a commonly known biological
> >fact of Plant Biology?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >George Hammond, M.S. Physics/Psychology
>> Perhaps controlling for influences on growth other than genetics would be
> impractical on the scale of a 100 acre field. In a lab, it may be possible.
GH: You've totally missed the point. I DON'T WANT TO CONTROL ANYTHING.
What I want to know is, what is the Standard Deviation of plant
growth in the "real environment" when we are talking strictly about
a crop of geneetically identical plants?
Now, somebody in agriculture must KNOW the answer to this, say
for potatoes, or onions or some other asexual crop plant.
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