Plants Passing Down Info to Offspring
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Plants Passing Down Info to Offspring

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 27, 20262 min
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Plants Passing Down Info to Offspring

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Hey, mothers have a lot of good information to pass down.

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Apparently, they imprint information about when to germinate into their seeds' genes.

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Uh, shoo! Gesundheit, is that allergies or are you getting a cold, Yael? I think I'm getting a cold, unfortunately. Here, have some of my chicken soup.

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My mother always said it'll cure a cold. Oh, Don, I don't know if I believe that. Hey, mothers have a lot of good information to pass down. Even plant mothers to their seed offspring.

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Apparently, they imprint information about when to germinate into their seeds' genes. Seeds don't germinate immediately after they develop. First, they spend some time in a dormant state. That period of dormancy is helpful for a couple of reasons. It lets the seeds wait to germinate until the temperature is right. You wouldn't want a seed germinating when it's too

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