Extinct palm trees from 2k years ago revived by scientists by planting seed

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On 12/18/2021 at 10:23 AM, FfFfFfFF said:

Cultivating only a lineage of plants can lead overtime to the creation of a new species. Especially if they have a desirable quality like bigger fruits, people don't want to keep them as pure as possible.

So consistently selecting plants with 1 trait like theyve done with dogs for example when they wanna make them smaller?

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41 minutes ago, Economy said:

So consistently selecting plants with 1 trait like theyve done with dogs for example when they wanna make them smaller?

Yes! I'm not sure about how differences in the reproduction affect this (breeding dogs with selected parteners is way easier than making sure the male polen reacher feminine parts of plants and create your desired species obviously).