Re: Banana Reproduction, Survival Mystery.

On 6 Apr 2007 09:38:09 -0700, "Robert Carnegie"
<rja.carnegie@xxxxxxxxxx> posted:


Bill Morse wrote:

Kent Paul Dolan wrote:

David Iain Greig <dgr...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

he figure make new plant grow from part
of stem, much clever.

So their cells are immortal and can do this
type of reproduction "forever" (no telomers
on the DNA ends)?

Good question. But it seems that plants can do this. I saw somewhere that it
may be that all of the Japanese knotweed in Europe is essentially one
plant, spreading by rooting and cuttings rather than by "reproduction". I
think it may behoove many of us who tend to think primarily in terms of
animals to broaden our horizons to plants - you first :-)

Mmm, yes, reminiscent of the science-fiction story where the doctor
injects himself with giant redwood tree serum so he'll have a lifespan
like theirs, and as it takes effect, he thinks "Wait, redwood trees
are incapable of movement - oops!"

What a sap!
--
Don Cates ("he's a cunning rascal" - PN)

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