Submitted by JanaCinnamon t3_10pej9d in explainlikeimfive
DrChoopy t1_j6m83n5 wrote
Reply to comment by Exciting_Telephone65 in ELI5: Why do so many fruits have seedless varieties but the apple and cherry do not? by JanaCinnamon
In case of seedless varieties they do not create clones they spread “through cuttings”.
In nature there are plants that self-fertilise and create clones of themselves! They keep the option of cross pollination because plants don’t move and they need an individual able to do said fertilisation.
By creating clones you move in time… and space, so that cross pollination can happen.
*Except if you are peas!! In which case you are perfect the way that you are and you don’t need anybody else! Lol
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