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Longshot_45 t1_j73copi wrote
Reply to comment by floralnightmare22 in Are plants growing from cuttings as healthy as those grown from seed? by [deleted]
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.
Polyploidy seems to be the mechanism in the genetics of plants such as the seaweed that allows this behavior.
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