Did you ever learn the story of Johnny Appleseed as a child? What did he actually do for the growth of apples in America, and what has this taught us about apple genetics? Join Olivia Gordon for a new apple-tastic episode of SciShow!
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Sources:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/apples-breeding-experimental-orchard-fruit-growing
http://exhibits.mannlib.cornell.edu/apples/station.htm
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160523-kazakhstans-treasure-trove-of-wildly-flavoured-apples
https://medium.com/plant-cell-extracts/to-breed-or-not-to-breed-self-incompatibility-prevents-inbreeding-in-flowering-plants-6877f44a7784
http://www.plantcell.org/content/30/5/1023#ref-38
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3349737/
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24381071
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-evil-reign-of-the-red-delicious/379892/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/oldest-mcintosh-apple-tree-descendant-cut-down-1.1001566
https://www.farmflavor.com/us-agriculture/americas-favorite-apple-variety/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/52587/short-history-apple
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/something-rapidly-killing-young-apple-trees-north-american-orchards-scientists-are
https://www.nwpb.org/2017/05/03/want-to-grow-an-apple-tree-dont-start-with-apple-seeds/
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/yard-and-garden-examining-pollination-apple-trees
IMAGE SOURCES:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnny_Appleseed_1.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnny_Appleseed.gif
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malus_domestica_unriped_fruit.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malus_sieversii_in_Zhongar-Alatau_NP-2.jpg
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