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To: aimhigh

There’s a fern with 1260 chromosomes!

I did not know that.

I thought the most genetically complex plant was the orchid.

On the other hand I was taught that one of the simplest plants was the cannabis plant, but I admit to bias.


2 posted on 08/01/2018 5:13:49 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (I posit that there IS something left worth fighting for.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

More chromosomes doesn’t necessarily mean more complex. Plants tend to go through whole genome duplications more so than animals.


19 posted on 08/01/2018 5:40:18 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Strictly speaking, I think yeast is a fungus.

Some have proposed the fungi as a third kingdom in addition to plants and animals.


33 posted on 08/02/2018 4:22:29 AM PDT by bert
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