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andy17 · 08-18-2012, 12:16 AM

Hi everyone,
I'm really finding banana genetics to be fascinating, and from all that I've read, both the Cavendish and the Gros Michel are in the AAA group (Cavendish group). Certainly, there can be quite a bit of variance within a family, but are these two types really closely related? I've always thought of them as distant cousins, but it looks like they're actually very similar genetically. Is this true? Thanks!

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andy17 Location: Northern Alabama Zone: 8a Name: Andy Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 308 BananaBucks : 136,416 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 269 Times Was Thanked 172 Times in 116 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 20 Times	Cavendish and Gros Michel Genetics Hi everyone, I'm really finding banana genetics to be fascinating, and from all that I've read, both the Cavendish and the Gros Michel are in the AAA group (Cavendish group). Certainly, there can be quite a bit of variance within a family, but are these two types really closely related? I've always thought of them as distant cousins, but it looks like they're actually very similar genetically. Is this true? Thanks!