Morus nigra is somewhat of a genetic anomaly. It has 308 chromosomes! Morus rubra/alba have 28. I'm not sure any amount of halving or doubling would overcome that much difference (2x vs. 22x).
Hal
********************************************************************************************************************
"He also told be the Nigra and rubus/alba can not readily cross because of different chromosome count. I would love to dig into that further to see if anyone has tried working with halving or doubling them to make them match."
_______________________________________________
nafex mailing list
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed.
This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites.
Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission!
**YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!**
Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded.
No exceptions.
----
To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options):
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
File attachments are NOT stripped by this list.
TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES!
Please do not send binary files.
Use plain text ONLY in emails!
NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.