From: Michael Straight <straight@email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (whorl) corn genetics discussed a lot in the text
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:38:14 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, maa32 wrote:

> Hey guys, just one more thing that stresses the importance of plant genetics:
> Wolfe goes to great lengths to talk about the genetics of corn, how to cross 
> it to get white and red and yellow kernels, how to keep it pure.  It is very 
> important in the text.  Plant genetics is the answer. It really is.  This time 
> I'm right. I am.  The corn genetics clue us in to think of other kinds of 
> plant genetics.

Maybe.  On re-reading OBW, I thought the reason for going on about hybrid
vigor is because it's thematically related to the Horn/Silk hybrid.

-Rostrum