[Jotun]

Originally Posted by jujumantb

well, to my knowledge, real wild bananas have seeds in the middle, thus, can reproduce. humans simply stumbled upon a mutant banana tree without seeds and began reproducing it artificially, so clearly, yes, the "human engineered" bananas would go extinct, but not wild bananas. same thing with grapes.

yea, the bananas that we eat are seedless because they are triploid...again, random fact, not arguing with anything.

[jujumantb]

touche wikipedia banana article!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananas

i never knew bananas could be so confusing, they must be sent from the heavens!

[Milla]

You guys are fucked in the head, you're making me feel like i should know random shit like this cuss: I mean what in gods name is a triploid?

[c312]

triploid grass carp.

Triploid, as I understand it from the grass carp (fish) means that the species is genetically unable to reproduce. For example, with the grass carp, they put in triploid carp to eat abundant vegetation in ponds/lakes/etc but also to make sure the carp won't reproduce and take over the ecosystem (as they are known to do)

[Chronic Diarrhea]

Originally Posted by Milla

You guys are fucked in the head, you're making me feel like i should know random shit like this cuss: I mean what in gods name is a triploid?

It's OK, you know a lot of shit about cars and guns, and know how to look like a cardboard cutout man. Those skills alone make up for any lack of knowledge.

[Jotun]

Originally Posted by Milla

You guys are fucked in the head, you're making me feel like i should know random shit like this cuss: I mean what in gods name is a triploid?

have you ever taken elementary school level biology? you know like haploid and diploid? gametes (sex cells) are haploid so when they are fertilized they become diploid....well if there is a mistake in gamete production, one of the cells can become triploid and usually, like c312 said, they are infertile........yea im a bio major....

[CoMaToSe]

Originally Posted by Jotun

have you ever taken elementary school level biology? you know like haploid and diploid? gametes (sex cells) are haploid so when they are fertilized they become diploid....well if there is a mistake in gamete production, one of the cells can become triploid and usually, like c312 said, they are infertile........yea im a bio major....

thats not exactly elementary school level...

[Jotun]

Originally Posted by CoMaToSe

thats not exactly elementary school level...

ok, exaggeration....but its taught in all high schools in the united states....im pretty sure everyone has to take biology at least once in high school.