Any insights into a possible experiment
Any insights into a possible experiment
Hey, I'm interested in the mechanics of evolution and am doing it as part of my biology course I plan to carry a personal experiment into selective breeding with plants, to investigate the possibility of adaptations in the population taking part in the experiment. I wonder if anyone could give me a name of a plant which can flower and produce seeds rapidly, while requiring a temperate climate? I plan to control the environment to create the conditions of flowering and seeding seasons accordingly.
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Why not use dandelions? I'm serious by the way, they seem to do well in most climates, and flower blooming and seed rapidly.
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Thanks! Yeah some people I asked said Dandelions, other people said Daises and one said Water Cress, but Dandelions might be more hardier than the rest.
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I've worked with water cress before and it is pretty easy to work with, but they may not get enough light inside. How long do you plan on continuing this experiment, and pressures are you going to apply? Because depending on those, you may not see results for a few years or so.Chippy wrote:Thanks! Yeah some people I asked said Dandelions, other people said Daises and one said Water Cress, but Dandelions might be more hardier than the rest.
Also it would be fare to warn you, that you may not be able to completely or 100% accurately mimic the seasons. Resetting circadian rhythms is tricky and easily spoiled.
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Ah, I planned to continue it until I felt I had achieved some acceptable results, basically indefinitely, but I am happy to continue it for years. I plan to simulate light using coloured LEDs while growing the plants in a warming tray under a frame with a covering, with the LEDs under the covering, all inside a greenhouse. I'm still in planning so I'm happy to change the conditions to meet the required light, temperature and so forth. The pressure would by only allowing the first 5 (number may change) plants which successfully germinate from a batch, to continue growing and reproduce.
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This is a little late (about a year), but it sounds like you're going for fewer but larger seeds, yes?Chippy wrote:Ah, I planned to continue it until I felt I had achieved some acceptable results, basically indefinitely, but I am happy to continue it for years. I plan to simulate light using coloured LEDs while growing the plants in a warming tray under a frame with a covering, with the LEDs under the covering, all inside a greenhouse. I'm still in planning so I'm happy to change the conditions to meet the required light, temperature and so forth. The pressure would by only allowing the first 5 (number may change) plants which successfully germinate from a batch, to continue growing and reproduce.
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I don't think he's going to respond, my wonderful fellow necromancer?CatFish21sm wrote:This is a little late (about a year), but it sounds like you're going for fewer but larger seeds, yes?Chippy wrote:Ah, I planned to continue it until I felt I had achieved some acceptable results, basically indefinitely, but I am happy to continue it for years. I plan to simulate light using coloured LEDs while growing the plants in a warming tray under a frame with a covering, with the LEDs under the covering, all inside a greenhouse. I'm still in planning so I'm happy to change the conditions to meet the required light, temperature and so forth. The pressure would by only allowing the first 5 (number may change) plants which successfully germinate from a batch, to continue growing and reproduce.
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So, you've found me out have you? In that case, you have two options... Join us, or die!20 characters! wrote:I don't think he's going to respond, my wonderful fellow necromancer?CatFish21sm wrote:
This is a little late (about a year), but it sounds like you're going for fewer but larger seeds, yes?
Well, I guess you're gonna do both either way, it's more or less just the order that you want to follow...
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