Graft-chimaera
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thumb|250px|right| The small tree +Laburnocytisus 'Adamii'|+Laburnocytisus 'Adamii' is a spectacular example of a graft-chimaera In horticulture, a graft-chimaera may arise in grafting at the point of contact between rootstock and scion and will have properties intermediate between those of its "parents". Unlike graft hybrids, a graft-chimaera is not a true hybrid but a mixture of cells, each with the genotype of one of its "parents": it is a chimaera. Hence, the once widely used term "graft-hybrid" is no longer regarded as suitable for a graft-chimaera.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Nomenclature
- In Darwin's works
- Genera
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|250px|right| The small tree +Laburnocytisus 'Adamii'|+Laburnocytisus 'Adamii' is a spectacular example of a graft-chimaera In horticulture, a graft-chimaera may arise in grafting at the point of contact between rootstock and scion and will have properties intermediate between those of its "parents". Unlike graft hybrids, a graft-chimaera is not a true hybrid but a mixture of cells, each with the genotype of one of its "parents": it is a chimaera. Hence, the once widely used term "graft-hybrid" is no longer regarded as suitable for a graft-chimaera.
Propagation is by cloning only. In practice graft-chimaeras are not noted for their stability and may easily revert to one of the "parents".
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