Golden Rice is unlikely to impact organic agriculture through cross-pollination — also known
as outcrossing or gene flow — for reasons that apply to all cultivated rice.
Not exact matches
Sex is costly, and thus the question arises
as to why C. neoformans or C. albicans would undergo inbreeding / selfing unisexual reproduction, which would limit the amount of genetic diversity inherited from the parents,
as opposed to a-α sexual reproduction, which promotes
outcrossing and genetic exchange.
They even have about the same level of genetic variation
as some exclusively
outcrossing populations.
The general thought among those that have been around the breed for the greatest number of years is that, these new color patterns were brought about by unscrupulous
outcrossing to a separate breed such
as Catahoula Leopard dogs.
Some judicial
outcrossing to restore the muzzle to this breed
as a matter of urgency, would be ideal, but I sense that is not going to be sanctioned by the Kennel Club any time soon.
It was discovered during the 1990s and initially thought to be due to the genes for chocolate, lilac, cinnamon or fawn; these genes are not permissible in the breed
as they indicate
outcrossing to other breeds.