SO ENDS this first of two weekends on plant alternation of generations. That such a complex system exists is in part due to the necessity of not increasing chromosome numbers during successive generations, as well as the cobbling together of available tools that were handy. Evolution is a zig zaggy chaotic process with many dead ends and mistakes. Nothing was purpose-built.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022