Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:46:32 +0100 From: "Stefan P. Wolf" <wolf@medinfo.uni-kiel.de> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg285$foo@default> Subject: Re: Two headed flytrap
Hi Fred!
> This kind of abnormality is actually very interresting as it shows
> a genetic modification of the plant.
[...]
> Since it has mutated the seeds should carry the same genetic message
> as the parent plant, so that every so many offspring , one will come
> out with double or treble headed leafs.
I fear your idea of mutation and genetic code is a fellacy here. If
your hair turns white from a shock or you get female features from
eating too much hormone fed chicken that's nothing you could forward
to your kids.
As far as I know these "mutations" are mere stress syndromes which
are very common in repotted, over/underfed, dry, plented to bad soil
etc. VFTs. Spontaneous or excessively frequent flowering is another
stress syndrome.
Best regards, Stefan.
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