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Revanche21 · #1 (**permalink**) Jun-11-2008, 15:35

I read in the Grower's Bible that certain breeders mark traits such as white pistils are a dominant trait over pink pistils etc

does anyone have any other information about genetics they can share on this thread?

texas grass · #2 (**permalink**) Jun-11-2008, 17:07

everything is in the genetics
color of leaf and or buds
color of pistils as you said
how the pistil swells
plant structure, height,
weight of buds
ect ect ect

its up to the breeder in what traits they want to breed for, their might be a special odd looking trait you are looking for

if you really want to learn more about the genetics and other things check out the breeders bible by greg green, hands down the best cannabis book ive seen

JeffersonBud · #3 (**permalink**) Jun-11-2008, 17:19

Our code of life, or DNA, is not that far off from that of a tree

the image reaper · #4 (**permalink**) Jun-11-2008, 20:13

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Originally Posted by JeffersonBud

Our code of life, or DNA, is not that far off from that of a tree

ahhh, that would explain the 'woodies'

JeffersonBud · #5 (**permalink**) Jun-11-2008, 21:00

haha

Revanche21 · #6 (**permalink**) Jun-12-2008, 19:08

Well White pistils are a dominant trait over pink pistils.

Any other information?

Is purple a recessive trait over green? (color changing)

PlantHeadJ · #7 (**permalink**) Jun-12-2008, 19:43

That depends on what you are looking for. Purple is great for bag appeal so I would say that some breeders look for purple plants. Some breeders look for pink pistils. As far as being dom/res, that would be in the breeder's eye. Unless of course you are working a a strain and have found that the weaker plants possess a trait that is going to tell you which plant is the strongest or weakest early on. That trait would be unique to the strain especially when discusssing hybrids. When selecting cantidates for breeding programs growers look for healthy characteristics or traits that will be benifical to the enviroment in which the plant will grow. An example would be AK that has two phenos, one tall and one short. A grower may be looking for the plant to have the smell, high, or flavor but need to get a plant that won't grow too tall. Someone else working the same strain might want the sativa influence to be prominant and looks for the taller plants to capture the sat characteristics. Hope you follow, this got long winded, google breeding.
EMj

Revanche21 · #8 (**permalink**) Jun-12-2008, 19:59

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Originally Posted by PlantHeadJ

That depends on what you are looking for. Purple is great for bag appeal so I would say that some breeders look for purple plants. Some breeders look for pink pistils. As far as being dom/res, that would be in the breeder's eye. Unless of course you are working a a strain and have found that the weaker plants possess a trait that is going to tell you which plant is the strongest or weakest early on. That trait would be unique to the strain especially when discusssing hybrids. When selecting cantidates for breeding programs growers look for healthy characteristics or traits that will be benifical to the enviroment in which the plant will grow. An example would be AK that has two phenos, one tall and one short. A grower may be looking for the plant to have the smell, high, or flavor but need to get a plant that won't grow too tall. Someone else working the same strain might want the sativa influence to be prominant and looks for the taller plants to capture the sat characteristics. Hope you follow, this got long winded, google breeding.
EMj

yea so I wanted to start a thread that would list specific traits and whether they are dominant or recessive. Thanks for your knowledge!

Storm Crow · #9 (**permalink**) Jun-12-2008, 23:19

#A chemotaxonomic analysis of cannabinoid variation in Cannabis
A chemotaxonomic analysis of cannabinoid variation in Cannabis (Cannabaceae) -- Hillig and Mahlberg 91 (6): 966 -- American Journal of Botany

#The inheritance of chemical phenotype in Cannabis sativa L.
http://www.genetics.org/cgi/reprint/163/1/335.pdf

Hope you find them interesting! - Granny

xxxdout · #10 (**permalink**) Aug-13-2008, 23:29

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Originally Posted by Storm Crow

#A chemotaxonomic analysis of cannabinoid variation in Cannabis
A chemotaxonomic analysis of cannabinoid variation in Cannabis (Cannabaceae) -- Hillig and Mahlberg 91 (6): 966 -- American Journal of Botany

#The inheritance of chemical phenotype in Cannabis sativa L.
http://www.genetics.org/cgi/reprint/163/1/335.pdf

Hope you find them interesting! - Granny

Having to scratch my head a little to get through the two reads above but they're good.

Rusty Trichome · #11 (**permalink**) Aug-14-2008, 09:49

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Originally Posted by Revanche21

yea so I wanted to start a thread that would list specific traits and whether they are dominant or recessive. Thanks for your knowledge!

In this day of backyard breeders, likely they're neither...they're subjective. And a lot of these traits can be manually manipulated.

Have heard in the past:
seeds planted during the new moon makes all the plants female
that tall, hollow stem plants produce more trichomes than short, pithy stem pheno's
red-hair is better than white hair or purple hair
purple strains are the bomb, but if you smoke Columbian Gold, it makes you hallucinate.
a power-hitter gets you higher than a hookah

I've heard this crap (stuff) for decades. But back then we didn't really know much about early harvests, over-ripeening harvests, quick-curing, fully cured, not cured, proper nutes and additives, region grown in, outdoors, indoors, rainy regions, dry regions......all of which affect an already subjective end-result.