I think an important use this procedure would be to produce plants which are
known to be 100% homozygous (or as close as possible) for all traits.

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On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 16:37:10 -0500 in
Al wrote:
more than likely it I is *me* who doesn't know what the kid was talking
about. I was trying to paraphrase what he was telling me and he was
talking
over my head. He said he was working with orzalin and lily pollen to
double
the haploid chromosome back up to the diploid number and then using a
lily
egg cell that had had it's chromosomes removed and injected with the
diploid
pollen chromosomes in order to grow the diploid pollen up into a lily
plant.
He explained they had to do something to the embryo to trick it into
growth
but that he didn't see why it couldn't be done with an orchid if it
worked
with a lily. But then he was talking over my poor alien head and should
not
be blamed if i failed to get it well enough to communicate it to somebody
else.

Hrm, I question the use in normal propagation of orchids, but...
If you are wanting to propagate something that is one half sterile
plant from being extinct tho'....



I just thought it was fascinating to hear him talking because it revealed
the amazing difference in the way genetics is seen today versus when I
was
in high school 25 years ago. Back then, granted not *advanced
placement*,
we planted pea seeds and worked hard to remember how to spell Gregor
Mendel
should it come up on the test.

But was this kid taught that Mendel's numbers were cooked up?


--
Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil