Question on F1 gen seeds.

MATTYMATT726

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From all I've read it always says F1(after crossing 2 different genetic strains) that the offspring are 50% of each strain. Now does this mean 50% of the plants GROWN are like each of the parent or that each PLANT gets 50% of each parent creating a "middle ground" cross of the 2? Also, i assume how balanced the F1 comes out is based on the 2 parents? They would both be F7 or so by now, so locked in individually. Also, if they are both F7, wouldn't that limit the phenos that the new F1 cross will have, so new F1 x new F1 wouldn't unlock all those phenos like a typical F2 gen?
 

Grow Monster

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Im not a breeder and my knowledge is very limited but the way I understand it it's a crap shoot. Their offspring can come out like kids with some favoring one parent or both. Then u pheno hunt to find best genetic traits. I don't think that being an f7 will make a difference when introducing two new strains. 3 kids with same parents can all look different but share some similar traits.
 

amneziaHaze

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Means you have 50% to get thc levels from one size from other indika sativa traits every thing they have you will get each from both in different ammounts.unless its a hybrid hybrids have a chance to give combos like one is white other is purple you get pink.if it was not hybrid you would get some seeds white some seeds purple

But usually you get dominant genes 1 in 4 seeds will not have dominant genes
 

oldfogey420

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Each parent provides one allele for each gene. The dominant traits will be displayed in the f1 generation unless they both happen to have the same recessive gene. Some alleles combine to create a mixed trait (like a white flower crossed with a red flower, creating pink flower progeny). True f1 hybrids borne of two distinctly different unrelated true breeding strains will display a uniform population. Cross two f1s to create the f2 generation which will show lots of variety compared to the f1s. F2 is when the recessive genes come out to play and where the real fun begins.

If you're crossing two f7s, assuming the breeder made good choices along the way and matched them well for whatever traits they were chasing, then yes, the gene pools will be fairly limited. But there will be recessive traits in each and they will come out in the f2 generation. Many traits that we seek aren't determined by just one set of genes, but many working in unison. So you will have all these combinations that you've never seen, smelled or tasted before from either parent, as well as some that will show similarities to the each parent.

I hope this helps. And I'm no science wiz, so if I got anything wrong please correct me. This is just my understanding of things from years of reading and a little bit of experience.
 
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