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Why can saved hybrid seeds produce a different-looking crop?

A plant grown from hybrid seed may look pleasingly uniform beside its neighbors. Seeds collected from those plants can produce more varied offspring as inherited combinations separate and recombine. The result depends on the crop’s genetics and growing conditions, so a simple inheritance diagram cannot predict every feature of a real harvest.

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