[PCA] strict natives vs cultivars

[MALawler at aol.com]

Careful....grasses are wind-pollinated --broadcast far and wide--so I  think 
you wouldn't expect to get as much genetic variability compared to  insect 
pollinated plants.  
 
ma
 
 
In a message dated 4/9/2008 10:37:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
bmajka at jfnew.com writes:

The  USDA/ARS actually collected 75 different switch grass samples from 
remnant  prairies and cultivars, then compared the genetics, and found very few  
differences. In fact, they found that samples from the same population had as  
much genetic variability as those from broadly geographic areas. To my  
knowledge, this is the first time anyone’s done any actual genetic testing of  native 
plants. 
Here’s  a link to the article: 
_http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/sep07/prairie0907.htm_ 
(http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/sep07/prairie0907.htm)  





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