Dear Ben: Thanks for your posting. Re clones, surely our apple clones, Cox's Orange Pippin, as an example, is still the same today as many years ago? The same with all other fruit clones that have been around, some for well over 100 years. Why have they not changed? Cheers, John E. Bryan zonneveld wrote: > > Kevin wrote:///And/ then there are things/clones that exists through > time w/o change. > I am sure every clone will in time accumulate rare mutations > Actually if a single clone is multiplied in two different locations by > two different people they will in time differ It may be sometime > before a visible mutation has happened > Ben J.M.Zonneveld > Institute of Biology,Leiden University, Clusius lab > Wassenaarse weg 64, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands > Zonneveld@rulbim.Leidenuniv.NL > Fax: +31-71-5274999. min temp -10C (15F) > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php