Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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September 20, 2006 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Evansville, IN
Posts: 2,984
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Rate of Spontaneous Mutations
Does anyone have an idea or a link to information regarding
what the true rate of spontaneous mutation is in tomatoes? Like ... at what rate could one anticipate something like a spontaneous mutation occuring in a huge population of a known to be stable red fruited tomatoes that would result in a single plant bearing yellow fruit? In other words ... how many plants of a single cultivar would one have to grow in a single season to anticipate a single spontaneous mutation among that crop? PV |
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