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Old 02-24-2011, 01:27 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: Probably a stupid question but.....

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Originally Posted by canadianplant View Post
Well, now it makes sence why we get TC or divisions or BAsjoo. Thanks again gabe.

As for outcrossing. Ill use Basjoo as an example again. Does this mean that they are waiting for another species of bananas pollen? Would this not create some hybrids?
Outcrossing/outbreeding just means it is trying to make seed with another individual of the same species. It is the opposite of inbreeding, where a plant fertilizes itself. It could be with a different species, but the assumption is that it is with a different individual plant of the same species.
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