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WTN/Wine Advisor: Primitivo or Zinfandel?

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Re: WTN/Wine Advisor: Primitivo or Zinfandel?

by Victorwine » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:38 pm

Could vines have the same exact genotype (genetic material) but different phenotype (characteristic traits)?

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Re: WTN/Wine Advisor: Primitivo or Zinfandel?

by Mark Lipton » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:09 pm

Victorwine wrote:Could vines have the same exact genotype (genetic material) but different phenotype (characteristic traits)?


Yes, see my earlier response in this thread to Mark W. about epigenetics, or just Google the term.

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