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floralnightmare22 t1_j736kte wrote

Reply to comment by Longshot_45 in Are plants growing from cuttings as healthy as those grown from seed? by [deleted]

Do you know what differentiates the clones that can keep cloning indefinitely from ones with limited cycles ?

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Longshot_45 t1_j73copi wrote

Here's one article on trees, that suffer from deficits after cloning.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-11003684

And here's an article about sea grass that's been doing it for 4,500 years.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-largest-plant-is-a-seagrass-that-clones-itself-180980189/#:~:text=Scientists%20have%20discovered%20the%20world's,of%20the%20Royal%20Society%20B.

Polyploidy seems to be the mechanism in the genetics of plants such as the seaweed that allows this behavior.

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