Has anyone ever attempted to induce resorption in the plant world for purposes of mixing genes?
In "vanishing twin" syndrome in humans, also known as fetal resorption, one of the fetuses in a multi-gestational pregnancy dies and is partially or completely reabsorbed by its twin.
This is very common in humans - it's estimated that one out of eight of us who DO NOT have a twin STARTED OUT as a twin.
What I'm wondering is - could two seed embryos be removed and then re-housed some sort of synthesized seed coat? If reabsorption occurred in 1/8 of the embryos, as it does in human embryos - would the plant resulting from the reabsortion process be a genetic "cross" of the two embryos?
-John