Quote Originally Posted by warfrat73
Actually that's not *exactly* true, as far as the "breeding out" issue. It's true that if you breed a pure Indica and a pure Ruderalis (or a Shepard and a Collie) you end up with an offspring that is 50/50. However, if you then breed a 50/50 Indica/Ruderalis with another 50/50 Indica/Ruderalis it is possible that the offspring will turn out to be genetically 100% Indica OR Ruderalis. Since each parent only submits one of a pair of chromosomes it's possible that each parent will submit ONLY the Indica genetic coding or ONLY the Ruderalis and the result will be a genetically pure specimen. This is, of course, highly unlikely, but it's possible. More importantly though, given enough selective breeding and diligence it is at least theoretically *possible* to breed out the auto flowering trait, it'd probably be a major pain in the ass though. Obviously, the more generations that go by the less likely this becomes.
lol, i stand corrected. in truth, i knew about the theoretical possibilities and
chose to be a little more black and white than reality because, first, it really
would be a major pain in the ass to do, and second, i think the best way to
deal with the problem is to not introduce this trait to the gene pool to begin
with.

and like you said, even suffering that huge pain in the posterior is no guarantee
that you'd actually, completely remove the trait and not leave it as a recessive
that would come back to bite you in the ass at some later date.

nah, i say kill 'em all!