Just cuz I am back in school and have access to research I figure I will do my part too.
Right now Molecular Cytogenetic Characterization
Cannabis with an XY Chromosome Sex Determination System is being done. The handful of lucky college research labs that have the resources and federal approval just happen to be in close proximity to my classes. As of last month the a few sequencing techniques have been tried and images are very in impressive. The following male and female
Cannabis sativa plants were used in these experiments. For the study of mitosis, cv “Zenitsa” seedlings (P.P. Lukyanenko Krasnodar Research and the Development Institute of Agriculture, Krasnodar, Russia) were harvested. To study meiosis, young buds from the “T-80” line were provided by Dr S. Dolgov (Branch of M.M. Shemyakin and Yu. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia). Out of the three Labs I know of, ours here has had exciting results...
This is what I was able to learn, the pairing of the YY XY chromosomes is still not accurate enough to conclude sex due to the weak banding. Their is a lot of stain dies rinse stain rinse etc. in this type of chromosome isolation. The very helpful news as a soon to be grower is this by accident a highly accurate way to read plant physiochemical make up has been Documented.. All of this is now available to anyone willing to read though it.
Taking the best Male physical characteristic's along with other personal choices a Guy could breed a Super CDB Shrub or Tree.
Or it could just be Luck. either way I am willing to do it for the love of the plant. The more I find out the more I will Share.
FYI T80 is a fibrous 6-8' stva w strong drought and high heat tolerances.