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Plant breeders produce triploid seed by crossing a normal diploid parent with a tetraploid parent, which itself is made by genetically manipulating diploids to double their chromosome number. In the case of watermelons, this manipulation has to be performed each generation, so it is a somewhat expensive proposition but still worthwhile.
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GM Technology and agriculture »GM Technology and agriculture
We should embrace GM technology »We should embrace GM technology
Genetic modification is nothing new or untested. »Genetic modification is nothing new or untested.
Commercial crops bear no relation to their wild relatives »Commercial crops bear no relation to their wild relatives
Seedless watermelons »Seedless watermelons
Produced in a laboratory
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