Inbreeding depression

Nathan Lange plantsman@comcast.net
Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:27:20 PST

An extreme example is the tomato, particularly heirlooms:
http://scientificamerican.com/article/…

Nathan


At 10:29 AM 2/4/2015, you wrote:
>By saving our own seed, are we in effect creating non-resistant 
>forms of otherwise hardy and fit species? Could this explain the 
>phenomenon of "hybrid vigor", by expanding the gene pool?




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