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Dana Myers
 
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Default Pinot gris is a chimera

Tom S wrote:

> "Dana Myers" > wrote in message
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>>I'd think that the seeds would contain one genome or another.

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> They very well may, but grapevines are not replicated from seeds - at least
> not in viticulture. They are cloned from cuttings. This is true of many
> cultivated species for that matter (e.g. apples and roses) when genetic
> diversity is _not_ desired.


Right - I understand. However, I was thinking of how such a mutation would
occur and propagate in nature.

Dana