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  • From: Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp <hoosiergardener@earthlink.net>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [gwl-g] zinnias
  • Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 07:56:14 -0500

One of my readers asked me why the seeds she collected from yellow and white zinnias always came out another color, while the seeds she collected from other zinnias stayed truer to their color.

I've tried to research this somewhat, but am getting no where. My guess is that the white/yellow gene is recessive and so when pollination occurs, the pollen from other zinnias carries the dominate gene??? Where's Gregor Mendel when we need him!

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks.

jems
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Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, speaker, photographer
Director, Region III Garden Writers Association
Phone: 317.251.3261
Fax: 317.251.8545
E-mail: hoosiergardener@earthlink.net




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