@ayr0n, and anyone that wants to listen,when you reverse a plant it is NOT a herm. Through the use of CS or other things like t-mist or STS you are not causing the plant to truly herm. You are not even making chemically induced herms. What actually happens is that through the use of chemicals, you are suppressing ethylene, the hormone for making female flowers, which leaves the plant no choice but to make pollen sacs. So it's not a herm, it's a plant that didn't have an option.
In other words, no spray no pollen sacs.
So if I understand correctly this would mean that certain traits the breeders might have been trying to get rid of through selective breeding might come back in the s1s and certain traits they were bred for might take the backseat to the newly dominate traits?I'd say its a myth, especially if using CS to change the sexual expression and not stressing the plant to hermie. From what I've learned here, there is a huge difference between using CS vs breeding with an actual hermie.
You'll get S1 seeds, issue isn't really with hermies. I think the issue is with the possibility of recessive traits becoming dominant.
It can bring about both desirable and undesirable traits. You pretty much have the idea I believe. Just keep in mind that some recessive traits can be desirable. I'm sure somebody with more knowledge on the subject can go more in depth than I can and possibly correct anything I may have been misinformed on.So if I understand correctly this would mean that certain traits the breeders might have been trying to get rid of through selective breeding might come back in the s1s and certain traits they were bred for might take the backseat to the newly dominate traits?
Ohh derp, cuz there's only one parent so one set of genes haha...my bad...not sure why that didn't click right away but good old Mendel brought it back. Thx for the linkIt can bring about both desirable and undesirable traits. You pretty much have the idea I believe. Just keep in mind that some recessive traits can be desirable. I'm sure somebody with more knowledge on the subject can go more in depth than I can and possibly correct anything I may have been misinformed on.
Mendel Genetics:
http://anthro.palomar.edu/mendel/mendel_1.htm