I'm interested to see if anybody has messed with the genetics of marijuana. has anybody every looked closer into marijuana on a molecular scale? i just dont understand how the active ingredients in marijauna have not been placed in other forms of fruit. like tobacco that produces THC along with nicotine. even a corn stalk that has CBD's in the kernals.

what about grafting? has anybody ever grafted marijuana to another plant or even vice versa? ive read of hops being grafted to a pot plant. it continued to grow but no thc was produced off of the hops. any 1st hand experience with any of this? maybe a link to a site that has more info.

any help would be awesome -- thanks!

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What most people arn't really aware of is that cannabis does not completely respect the genetic laws of vegetable organisms. This is why it's sometimes called the "alien plant", since some people actually believe or just kid around that it's not of this world. Some go so far as to say that aliens created this plant as a natural relaxant for humans, since no other plant has cannabinoids, compounds that occur naturaly in the human body and are responsable for keeping the immune, circulatory, hormone, digestive and neural system healthy and ballanced.

Unlike most plants, cannabis has a female and male sex. Yet the expression of the sex can be changed, not only before the seed is germinated, but even before flowering (here's a link: http://www.snow-white.nl/engeland/h4...EOFFEMALES.htm ).

Also, it's one of very few plants where the female naturally hermaphrodises in order to assure seed production.

Cannabis does not completely respect Mendel's laws. In normal plants recessive genes are not expressed at all, whereas in cannabis, recessive genes are still expressed to a certain degree. This offers the many surprises and pleasures of crossing strains, other wise it would all be predictable and boring.

Cannabis has the fastest metabolism of ALL living procariots (higher living organisms). I'd guess you already figured that out since it can take you only 3 months to grow a 5m tall sativa if you so wished. Also, try placing a light next to your cannabis plant and in less than 5 min all leaves will be facing it. That's fast for any plant.

Cannabis refuses to exchange genetic information with any grafted plant. Even grafting a branch of a different strain will not end up with a combined bud growth for that branch.

Last thing, cannabis has no other relatives except for hemp. The leaf pattern and cannabinoid production is nowhere else to be found today. It could very well be an "alien plant".

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thanks doc, helpful info. i think the first step would be to determine what causes the cannabinoids. ive heard its a sunscreen, a pest/rodent repelant, ive even heard the whole alien thing before. i think finding what causes it to grow could help get a jumpstart. we will have to look at it a lot closer.

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Yes, cannabinoids compacted in a spherical form (trichome), because they are optically active, repel excess UVC and UVB light, permitting only UVA and the visible spectrum to travel through the trichome. UV would normally cause cellular damage. Also, because the resin is sticky, it stops bugs and pests in their tracks.

Here's an interesting vid on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPcpt...e=channel_page

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Um...you have no clue what you are talking about, and shouldn't be passing along such...completely rubbish information as this.

If anything I said is wrong, I apologize and hope to be directed to better, correct information. I assure you that nothing I wrote was fabricated, all is documented and obtained from sites, books or my biology and genetics classes. I do not mean to say that what I wrote was objectively, indisputably correct, but that it was what I have been taught and have personally believed to be correct. If you can direct me to information that will disprove anything that I have said, I will correct it immediately without hesitation. We're here to learn, explore and understand, to add to our collected knowledge, not to break it down except if totally necessary.

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Biology major here! i would like to ferther discuss this topic ;-D

threads like this give my evenings enjoyment

All I really need to know is what strain will knock me out and which one will send me to the moon. The actual science is pretty revealing to me. It shows no real negatives to its use. Im sure pot was put here for my enjoyment by my creator and I like it and it keeps me from clubbing some idiots I dont like! Its a great healing herb and everyone who needs it should have access without fear of prosecution.

Psh, fine...how about.."Cannabis has the fastest metabolism of ALL living procariots (higher living organisms)."

Do I need to point out to you the multiple things wrong with this sentence?

Procariots (actually prokaryotes) are cells WITHOUT a true nucleus. They are single celled organisms.
EUkaryotes are everything (all plants and animals) who's cells have a true nucleus. Dude, that is like....6th grade biology.

Also, no way does herb have the fastest metabolism of eukaryotes, it isnt even the fastest growing plant. You're completely just talking out of your ass. I've taken the classes kid, i've got the degree...you're spewin garbage here.