I agree!
so do I!!!
I agree!
Maybe Syl dropped off the face of the earth?
I thought that it was simply the designation of the offspring from the results of pollination or conception (not sure if f1 applies to crosses by non-plant species, I would assume so but just not sure); meaning the first wave of offspring (like a math equation sort of), usually used in genetics discussion
okay parent 1 and parent 2 are crossed
1 x 2
you get offspring which in this case is 'z'
1 x 2 is z
z is the F1 generation
if you were to cross some of the offspring from the F1 generation
z1 x z5 is z alpha
z alpha is now the F2 generation. crossing parents gives you the F1 generation, then crossing some of the F1's gives you the F2 generation of that original cross
probably waaaaay too wordy and long
maybe the easiest way I should have said it was
take two parents, cross them, the population you first get is the F1 generation. cross some of the F1's and you get the F2 generation
I'm sure that this designation also applies if you do selfings of a parent. If you do another crossing of the original parents, those offspring then become the F1 generation of that particular cross or breeding; cross some of them and you get the F2
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