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Whats up farmers just trying to gain a little knowledge from all the talented breeders on hear and ask about Triploids. I know a triploid is something having three times the haploid number of chromosomes in the cell nucleus but what causes it in cannabis? I read that Polyploidy may occur due to abnormal cell division, either during mitosis, or commonly during metaphase I in meiosis. So are there certain strains that carry this more or is it just a random mutation? Are there any benefits/negatives to triploids? Any and all comments are very welcome as I'm trying to learn as much about this as I can. Thanks
Edit: I also was wondering if it is something that can be passed on to future generations? Example...Let say you start 50 beans from the same breeding and find multiple triploids. You take your best male, your best female(not the triploids) and breed them. Would the resulting progeny have a greater chance of triploids then say a selection from 50 seeds of a different breeding where no triploids were found???
Edit: I also was wondering if it is something that can be passed on to future generations? Example...Let say you start 50 beans from the same breeding and find multiple triploids. You take your best male, your best female(not the triploids) and breed them. Would the resulting progeny have a greater chance of triploids then say a selection from 50 seeds of a different breeding where no triploids were found???