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Do individual pods pass there own Pheno's onto seeds ?

KrakenPeppers

KrakenPeppers

I'm pretty much all over dominant and recesive genes.. Mendels law etc.. However.. One question I cannot seem to get an answer for is...

If I have a homozygous variety.. But the plant kicks of a one of a kind awesome pod..

a) Does that pod contain the exact same DNA as a pod that looks crap on the same plant?

b) if a plant isn't homozygous can an individual pod have different DNA to other pods on the same plant?

Providing they have self pollinated....

And to clarify Im talking about 2 pods from the same plant carrying an identical half to the seed creation stage.. Or is it possible for one pod to have say a ressesive in it and another a dominative in the same gene position .. Longer tail, hotter , colour difference etc

And a second clarification , I know the seeds can be completely different even within the same pod, im talking about the actual pod itself can it be different from other pods ..

I'm thinking no.. But when I read into the history of some pepper lines it sounds to me as select pod seeding selection led to a better quality hybrid of the original rather than growing 5 plants and selecting the best one to seed for the next harvest ..

Reason I ask is I have a cross plant but it's throwing off pods that look like identicle to Primo's with huge tails, some that look like super wrinkled tiny tailed Habaneros and other that look like super wrinkled fatalii's ... All very different shapes, and I have to wonder if there's something triggering the changes.. In the pod genetics rather than the plant ..
 
A) Yes. All pods on a plant are affected by the same genes, whether the plant is homozygous or not. Differences in pods will be due to other reasons. The seeds will get a random set of genes (which will be the same for all seeds, if the plant is homozygous and flower self-pollinated)
 
B) No, all pods on the same plant will be affected by same genes. Again, seeds get a random sample of the genes, some will get the dominant gene some will get the recessive. 
 
I thought as much, I just find it amazing at the amount of variety of pods that can come from a plant.. Damn.. I was hoping I was going to be able to capture some of this SUPER pod's pheno by harvesting it. Ahh well hopefully I can get its pheno come through in an offspring.  
 
Thanks
 
I think the problem is for most of us when we think about inheritance and the genes we think of simple "AaBBCc" and the reality is the number of variables is staggering and interconnected. It really is amazing how many different types you can get off one plant. I'm not sure if that's the fact that the plant's genes cause the different pods, or perhaps environmental. The pod will only develop where a seed has been pollinated, right? Perhaps that's a partial explanation as well, impartial fertilization. I know you see it on weird-shapen tomatoes, and I'm assuming it carries true for peppers.
 
Obviously a big part is temperature , the anther/flower ring drying, nutrient availability , sun exposer and the rest .. But to me that still doesn't account for the huge differences.

Oh we'll I still always use the seeds from the best pods just in case it helps
 
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