Is this plant a dud?

myrceneCB1

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Hey guys. I'm growing 4 Harlequin strains in my self build RDWC system. Got the seeds from Weedseedexpress. Out of 12 seeds only 5 germinated and they seem to show strange phenotype even at seedling stage. Now they are at week 3 flowering ( after 8 weeks of veg). 3 plants are doing fantastic and ending the stretch soon. However this one plant has been consistently strange since germination. It hasn't shown any signs of stigma since flipping to 12/12. I'm thinking if this plant could be dud? and also if it is caused by some plant virus like TWV or HLVD? If it is , should I remove that plant from my RDWC system in fear of infecting the other 3 plants? Thanks in advance.

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myrceneCB1

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For anyone who is interested, this is what Lex Blazer answered:

Hi! So the good news is that they're not infected and this won't impact any of the others. The bad news is that this type of abnormal growth is caused by a rare mutation; you didn't do anything wrong to cause it, it just happens 1 in ~200 times or so. And yes, it's usually a mutant right from the getgo and it becomes fairly noticeable in late vegetative stage. That plant might not even make buds properly. Not a big deal. Happens; now you can say you've had a mutation anomaly first-hand!
-Lex
 
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