Cloning = loss of genetics?

[BRANDON77]

had a friend recently tried to explain to me that cloning causes a 10% loss of genetics every time you clone so you can't keep cloning clones infinitely. Ant truth or just more misinformation?

 

[OrganicGorilla]

had a friend recently tried to explain to me that cloning causes a 10% loss of genetics every time you clone so you can't keep cloning clones infinitely. Ant truth or just more misinformation?

He's full of shit!

 

[Craigson]

Cloning process and other factors may stress the plant and reduce yield/potency but in general no.

 

[BRANDON77]

so I can plant one seed. Take 12 clones off of it. grow the 12 clones, then clone them to get 144 or so.....this will more or less work?

 

[OrganicGorilla]

so I can plant one seed. Take 12 clones off of it. grow the 12 clones, then clone them to get 144 or so.....this will more or less work?

You absolutely can!!

 

[HydoDan]

Yes clones are exact replicas and will never lose genetics...

 

[BRANDON77]

awesome...thanks for quick replies...logic told me this must be false lol.

 

[greg nr]

You aren't cloning. I don't know where that term came from but it isn't what we do.

What we do is take a cutting and cause it to root. The dna is locked in the cutting. It isn't reassembled from pieces or combined like when mating occurs.

The plant just continues to grow EXACTLY as it was. If a plant can have genetic drift from top to bottom, then maybe he has a point, but it doesn't........

 

[chemphlegm]

your friend is a bold faced liar or grossly misinformed

 

[chemphlegm]

You aren't cloning. I don't know where that term came from but it isn't what we do.


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pheontype, genotype, et al........

 

[greg nr]

Also, what can happen is that you can put a plant under stress and it will alter itself to cope with that stress. If you take a cutting from a sick stressed plant, you will get a sick stressed clone that may be screwed up in some way.

Always take clones only from healthy plants.