Neof. Mebina

[Shoreguy]

I have always felt that many but not all mutations really were from the emergence of traits from distant ancestors unrelated but sexually compatible to the predominant organism (plant or animal).

I am not a geneticist nor do I play one on TV.

[Hakumin]

Originally Posted by Shoreguy

I have always felt that many but not all mutations really were from the emergence of traits from distant ancestors unrelated but sexually compatible to the predominant organism (plant or animal).

I am not a geneticist nor do I play one on TV.

That's not how mutations work. A trait that can be traced back to genetic mixing by even a distant hybridization event is not a mutation.

[Shoreguy]

Originally Posted by Hakumin

That's not how mutations work. A trait that can be traced back to genetic mixing by even a distant hybridization event is not a mutation.

I was not aware of that. But if it cannot be traced back, such organisms would frequently be viewed incorrectly as mutations.

This might be the case with Mebina, actually a hybrid, and not a mutation if Tenkobai is as some suspect a hybrid.

Actually I really don't care what it is, my primary concern is growing it to maturity and flowering it.