Apparently repeated meristem propagation affects plant quality - how does this work?

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On a related note, does anyone know of any labs that will do meristem cloning here in the US?

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Originally Posted by My Green Pets

On a related note, does anyone know of any labs that will do meristem cloning here in the US?

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Originally Posted by My Green Pets

On a related note, does anyone know of any labs that will do meristem cloning here in the US?

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Originally Posted by SouthPark

JS - I'm thinking that the chance is relatively high for getting a clone (ie. identical DNA as plant #1, where #1 means the very first original cultivar) from a cloning attempt process done on a CLONE (identical DNA to #1).

So you either received a clone (exact DNA match), or ....... if any mutation is present, then the traits you're looking for are still there, which is great. You probably got a plant with exact DNA match.

I love that peach colour. Fantastic!

Yeah, that's a very old hybrid, and I find it unlikely that it was cloned from the original mother plant, but i do believe that was cloned form a perfect clone of the original plant, and came out as a perfect clone itself (or like you said, any mutations are minor and do not affect the plant in any way) because it does look exactly like the original Serendipity, not the pink ones you often see now.