Magic
Canna Engineer
Hello All, This is something i think should be discussed. Lets talk about the Auto Gene you hear being thrown around all the time.
Simply put i think there is no such thing. Sorry photo breeders.
My Belief is that Autos are actually Photo-period Plants with there "Flowering Gene" (Real Thing) Turned off.
Explanation: It all starts with plants, they are one of if not the most efficient working things on the planet. If you look at the many theories of Breeding a Auto plant its is always put in the wording of "Locking in the the Auto Gene" now we are all great breeders but i don't know how we can do that without any scientific background, but its all good! Cannabis does it for us all we had to do is teach it, a flowering trigger is not needed to make it from point a to point b and we all know that's all plants want to do is live there life cycle the best way possible.
This is what i believe happened, Autos where cause by Enviormental Extremes that would normally cause a plant to die, since the harvest season is so short, the plants evolved to the conditions by "turning Off" there flowering gene in order to survive. Take a look at these two definitions
-Gene mutation: An error during cell division can create a new type of gene. That new gene is a small part of the gene pool. It can be passed on to the next generation. If the new gene is useful, it might become a common part of the gene pool.
-Natural selection: Some genetic differences will improve the chance of survival of individuals that have them. For instance, hawks with large sharp talons may be more likely to survive than hawks with small talons. Since the surviving ones make the next generation, the genes for large talons are more likely to be passed on. Eventually, the gene pool shifts towards large talons.
Read this article
the important paragraph was this
*The Wisconsin scientists discovered the gene in Arabidopsis thaliana, a small plant used worldwide to study plant genetics, physiology and molecular biology. Arabidopsis plants typically flower quickly when days have 12 hours of light or more but take a long time to begin flowering when the day length is eight hours. Scott Michaels and Fritz Schomburg in Amasino's lab created tens of thousands of plants with individual genes inactivated and Doyle grew them in conditions where the day length was eight hours. He identified a plant that bloomed early despite the eight-hour days because the plant was a mutant in which the ELF4 gene was inactivated. He then isolated ELF4.
The Cannabis plant is a very smart plant it has be cultivated for thousands of years and most believe the very first cultivated pant, To conclude the explanation "Auto Gene" is a mutation that is useful to the plant of cannabis if it wasn't through Natural selection it would not be passed on to offspring, but it is not a "New Gene" per-say it is the same Flowering Gene but inactivated like the article explained with ELF4.
Thanks for listening
Simply put i think there is no such thing. Sorry photo breeders.
My Belief is that Autos are actually Photo-period Plants with there "Flowering Gene" (Real Thing) Turned off.
Explanation: It all starts with plants, they are one of if not the most efficient working things on the planet. If you look at the many theories of Breeding a Auto plant its is always put in the wording of "Locking in the the Auto Gene" now we are all great breeders but i don't know how we can do that without any scientific background, but its all good! Cannabis does it for us all we had to do is teach it, a flowering trigger is not needed to make it from point a to point b and we all know that's all plants want to do is live there life cycle the best way possible.
This is what i believe happened, Autos where cause by Enviormental Extremes that would normally cause a plant to die, since the harvest season is so short, the plants evolved to the conditions by "turning Off" there flowering gene in order to survive. Take a look at these two definitions
-Gene mutation: An error during cell division can create a new type of gene. That new gene is a small part of the gene pool. It can be passed on to the next generation. If the new gene is useful, it might become a common part of the gene pool.
-Natural selection: Some genetic differences will improve the chance of survival of individuals that have them. For instance, hawks with large sharp talons may be more likely to survive than hawks with small talons. Since the surviving ones make the next generation, the genes for large talons are more likely to be passed on. Eventually, the gene pool shifts towards large talons.
Read this article
the important paragraph was this
*The Wisconsin scientists discovered the gene in Arabidopsis thaliana, a small plant used worldwide to study plant genetics, physiology and molecular biology. Arabidopsis plants typically flower quickly when days have 12 hours of light or more but take a long time to begin flowering when the day length is eight hours. Scott Michaels and Fritz Schomburg in Amasino's lab created tens of thousands of plants with individual genes inactivated and Doyle grew them in conditions where the day length was eight hours. He identified a plant that bloomed early despite the eight-hour days because the plant was a mutant in which the ELF4 gene was inactivated. He then isolated ELF4.
The Cannabis plant is a very smart plant it has be cultivated for thousands of years and most believe the very first cultivated pant, To conclude the explanation "Auto Gene" is a mutation that is useful to the plant of cannabis if it wasn't through Natural selection it would not be passed on to offspring, but it is not a "New Gene" per-say it is the same Flowering Gene but inactivated like the article explained with ELF4.
Thanks for listening
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