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Yeah, I thought there was something special about apple trees, but I couldn't remember what. Apparently they're "extreme heterozygotes", which means their evolv
by card_zero 3y ago
Yeah, I thought there was something special about apple trees, but I couldn't remember what. Apparently they're "extreme heterozygotes", which means their evolved tactic is to really roll the dice hard with each generation, and so they don't "breed true".
- jondwillis 3y agoAFAIK all fruit trees and shrubs that are grown for economic reasons (cultivars) are going to be clones grafted onto some related but beneficial (disease resistance, vigor, etc.) rootstock. The cloning and grafting is purely for consistency of the fruit!