• Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Not the person you replied to but thanks. Doesn’t that contradict the meme ?

    • dondelelcaro@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      This is a bit misleading. You only need to treat the first generation of 2n watermelon with colchicine (which inhibits the movement of chromosomes during metaphase) to produce a 4n watermelon. Once you have a 4n watermelon, subsequent generations do not require colchicine treatment.