Friday, December 12, 2014

One of a Kind: The wonders of Diversity

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I am experimenting with cauliflower. From looking at the plant, I can tell that its parent plants must have been white cauliflowers. Since orange and purple cauliflower have more nutrients and vitamins, I can tell that my plant's parents did not have all the extra vitamins and healthful nutrients. Looking at my plant, I predict the baby plants grown from the cauliflower's seeds will be white as well. I think my plant's offspring might look exactly the same or slightly different, considering all the other Brassica Oleracea being grown by the cauliflower may affect it. They all look different because they have different parent plants and genes or alleles. The cauliflower is in the Botrytis group.

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