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Genetic Origin of Cultivated Citrus Determined: ...Evidence of Origins of Orange, Lime, et al
www.sciencedaily.com ^ | 01-26-2011 | Staff

Posted on 01/26/2011 5:47:23 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

Blimey!


21 posted on 01/26/2011 7:13:52 AM PST by bunkerhill7
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To: SunkenCiv

Pollination ping!


22 posted on 01/26/2011 7:28:00 AM PST by FrogMom (No such thing as an honest democrat!)
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To: Red Badger
Probably direct stamen to pistil cross pollination...

Hey, watch the language pal. This is a family forum.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

23 posted on 01/26/2011 8:49:31 AM PST by The Comedian (Obama is just the cherry on top of the $hit sundae of fraud the democrats have become.)
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To: The Comedian

When you’re an angiosperm you have to...............


24 posted on 01/26/2011 8:55:01 AM PST by Red Badger (Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
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To: doodad

Meyer Lemon bump... best, biggest, easiest to grow, for me.


25 posted on 01/26/2011 9:08:45 AM PST by Hop A Long Cassidy
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To: Red Badger
When you’re an angiosperm you have to...


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

26 posted on 01/26/2011 9:23:36 AM PST by The Comedian (Obama is just the cherry on top of the $hit sundae of fraud the democrats have become.)
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To: The Comedian

Reminds me of those goats that just drop over.


27 posted on 01/26/2011 9:32:27 AM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: The Comedian

You must be a gymnosperm............


28 posted on 01/26/2011 10:19:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
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To: Red Badger
I was going to say something about wood, but decided against it.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

29 posted on 01/26/2011 10:51:16 AM PST by The Comedian (Obama is just the cherry on top of the $hit sundae of fraud the democrats have become.)
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To: Red Badger

While this may not be an example of evolution through natural selection of genetic variation, it is an example of evolution through human selection (and creation) of genetic variation.

The model that they used to derive this ancestry is the same model used to show common ancestry of closely related species.


30 posted on 01/26/2011 10:55:09 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: coloradan
Cross pollination also doesn't “mix genes” (i.e. swap out genes along the chromosome to produce reproductive cells).

Plants are strange in that most successful crossbreeds do not have one half of the DNA of their mother and half of the DNA of their father, but ALL of the DNA of their mother and ALL of the DNA of their father. This allows them to avoid the infertility often associated with crossbreeds; for example a Tigon and/or a Lyger has problems producing viable reproductive cells because when it tries to ‘mix and match’ mom and dads genes along the chromosome, the differences between the Lion chromosome and the Tiger chromosome can often make a mess of things.

31 posted on 01/26/2011 10:59:37 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: coloradan
Cross pollination also doesn't “mix genes” (i.e. swap out genes along the chromosome to produce reproductive cells).

Plants are strange in that most successful crossbreeds do not have one half of the DNA of their mother and half of the DNA of their father, but ALL of the DNA of their mother and ALL of the DNA of their father. This allows them to avoid the infertility often associated with crossbreeds; for example a Tigon and/or a Lyger has problems producing viable reproductive cells because when it tries to ‘mix and match’ mom and dads genes along the chromosome, the differences between the Lion chromosome and the Tiger chromosome can often make a mess of things.

32 posted on 01/26/2011 10:59:48 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: The Comedian

We’ll just let it be in the “cone” of silence............


33 posted on 01/26/2011 11:13:20 AM PST by Red Badger (Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
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To: allmendream

... and to point to how long ago the species diverged from some point. The plants in this case still have wild ancestors available.........


34 posted on 01/26/2011 11:15:27 AM PST by Red Badger (Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
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35 posted on 01/27/2011 6:29:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Most welcome! This stuff fascinates me!


36 posted on 01/27/2011 6:33:18 PM PST by FrogMom (No such thing as an honest democrat!)
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w00t

37 posted on 01/27/2011 7:24:27 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Proof that environmentalist tree huggers have sex with trees.....


38 posted on 01/27/2011 7:34:38 PM PST by Red Badger (Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
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To: SunkenCiv
The evidence also confirmed that bergamot was a hybrid of sour orange and citron, with sour orange as the maternal parent and citron as the paternal parent.

Well, learn something new everyday.

Wild bergamot or Bee balm[1] (Monarda fistulosa) is a wild flower native to North America.[2] This plant is often used as honey plant, medicinal plant, and ornamental plant.[3]

Grows all over the place here.

THIS is what I should have been looking for:

Bergamot orange, citrus fruit used in Earl Grey tea. ... The bergamot orange is unrelated to the herbs of the same name, Monarda didyma and Monarda fistulosa, which are in the mint family.

I KNEW I was doing something wrong!

39 posted on 01/27/2011 10:12:50 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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To: decimon

Maybe just cross pollination?


40 posted on 01/28/2011 5:30:33 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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