Re: FW Question

From: Mellard, David (dam7@cdc.gov)
Date: Tue Jan 27 1998 - 10:40:00 PST

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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:40:00 -0500
From: "Mellard, David" <dam7@cdc.gov>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: FW Question

Hi Stefan

>That begs the question, how do you get triploid plants? I think I
>know the answer but will hold off for fun to see if any of you can
>figure it out.

>>How about during meiosis, a set of the chromosomes(for some unknown
>>reason) don't separate? The result is a haploid cell with both copies
of
>>a particular chromosome and another cell with no copies. When the
>>haploid cell with both copies of the chromosome fuses to another
haploid
>>cell with one copy of the chromosome, you get the triploid cell.

I hadn't thought of that, but I'm pretty sure that I remember it from my
geneticts classess.

>> How's that for a stab in the dark,

Some of the best scientific breakthrough have come from a stab in the
dark.

David

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