Bananas Produced Through "Cuttings"
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All the bananas we eat come from trees that are produced through "cuttings"? A stem from an existing tree is planted in the ground, resulting in a new tree. Thus, each tree is a clone of another. Explain in 200 words why would growers find it advantageous to produce an enormous series of identical clones, rather than using trees that reproduce sexually?
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The solution briefly in 205 words explains why banana growers find it advantageous to produce an enormous series of identical clones through "cuttings", rather than using trees that reproduce sexually.
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For growers both productivity and quality of the product are very important for obvious economical reasons. In a sexual reproduction you always get a certain genetic variation in the offspring as well as a certain uncertainty in the rate of fertilization. This means that you will always have ...
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