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Resin is what breeding is all about, the other traits are all secondary... now I believe the genetic makeup of resin must be very complex, so it may be impossible to get a daughter plant with exactly the same resin (high) as the mother plant.
because I knew there was a section on breeding in there. .
Greetings Tobor
My intent is most certainly not to speak for Chimera, but I am applying my answer to the one of your questions that I can reasonably respond to. In terms of breeding techniques: the conclusion of 'good' or 'bad' is verifiably dependant on application and intent.
All that should be inferred is: Backcrossing is not the most reliable method of stabilizing traits that are expressed co-dominantly or ones which are polygenic.
Co-dominance relates to two alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote that are both fully expressed. Simplistically, both the dominant and the recessive forms of a trait are expressed in what could be termed a 'mixed phenotype'.
Going back to Mendel: If dominant is red, and recessive is white, then co-dominant would be pink.
Polygenic refers to the combined action and expressed interaction of alleles of more than one gene resulting in a single trait.
This response is an analogy to the process of backcrossing: It throughly answered only one of your questions.
Sincerely,
Charles.
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