Genecks Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'm reading about apomixis. Is that the same as selfing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopGen Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 No. Apomixis offspring are genetically identical to their parents, whereas selfed offspring are genetically different from their parents as long as their parents are not totally inbred. To go through selfing you still have to make gametes, each of which contains a sub-sample of the parents genome, so selfed offspring become more inbred than their parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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