VapingBuddha
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Thanks folks. I still wonder if the variation from selfed s1's is maybe less than a comparable cross to a male. Seems like the genetic possibilities would be somewhat more limited than if two distinct individuals were involved.
I used to have an image in my mind of the genetics being like a zipper, one side from each parent. This probably came from what little I know about F1's and such, knowing that two heavily inbred lines (which presumably have a lot of homozygous genes) can produce a stable F1 generation. So I kind of pictured all the genes, or chromosomes, lining up on either side like a zipper. But I guess it's more like all the teeth in the zippers are kind of two-ended and can spin around, so when you zip them together it's pretty much a crapshoot unless all (or most of) the teeth are identical on both ends (have traits are homozygous).
I used to have an image in my mind of the genetics being like a zipper, one side from each parent. This probably came from what little I know about F1's and such, knowing that two heavily inbred lines (which presumably have a lot of homozygous genes) can produce a stable F1 generation. So I kind of pictured all the genes, or chromosomes, lining up on either side like a zipper. But I guess it's more like all the teeth in the zippers are kind of two-ended and can spin around, so when you zip them together it's pretty much a crapshoot unless all (or most of) the teeth are identical on both ends (have traits are homozygous).
