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If that were possible, wouldn't it have already evolved that millenia ago in order to evade humans pulling it up by the roots?
by rossdavidh 6y ago
If that were possible, wouldn't it have already evolved that millenia ago in order to evade humans pulling it up by the roots?
- ceejayoz 6y agoThey absolutely have, in various fashions. Try getting dandelions out of a lawn - miss a bit of the taproot and it’ll come right back. Elsewhere on this thread is a great example of this in practice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavilovian_mimicry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavilovian_mimicry > Seeds that are thrown the same distance as flax seeds have thus been selected for, making it near impossible to separate the seeds of these two species.