Re: [DIYbio] Seed embryo resorption possible?

The resorption you refer to results in a chimera  -- an organism with two (or more) distinct genomes. The genome that ends up producing the gametes is the one that reproduces. They are not a "cross" like you get when you have two parents.

Sometimes you can tell  just by looking at them. Someone should point out to that first author why his picture of the peacock cannot be an example of X chromosome mosaicism (but it could be Z chromosome mosaicism).

You can get the same result in plants by grafting a branch from one plant onto the trunk of another.

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On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Warren Notes <warre...@gmail.com> wrote:

Has anyone ever attempted to induce resorption in the plant world for purposes of mixing genes?

In "vanishing twin" syndrome in humans, also known as fetal resorption, one of the fetuses in a multi-gestational pregnancy dies and is partially or completely reabsorbed by its twin.

This is very common in humans - it's estimated that one out of eight of us who DO NOT have a twin STARTED OUT as a twin.

What I'm wondering is - could two seed embryos be removed and then re-housed some sort of synthesized seed coat? If reabsorption occurred in 1/8 of the embryos, as it does in human embryos - would the plant resulting from the reabsortion process be a genetic "cross" of the two embryos?

-John

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