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dedicated-pedestrian t1_j6ksfsl wrote

Reply to comment by Exciting_Telephone65 in ELI5: Why do so many fruits have seedless varieties but the apple and cherry do not? by JanaCinnamon

I mean, we basically do clone apple trees to avoid any differentiation in the fruit. Not something the plant intends or plans around though.

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Suitable-Lake-2550 t1_j6lwfh8 wrote

All commercial bananas are clones from the same tree. Bred to be seedless.

Very susceptible to disease from lack of genetic diversity...

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