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0 pointsMa8ee6y ago0 comments

No, there's no reason to believe they are only one genetic individual. Just because many are clones, there's no reason to believe they all are clones from the same original plant.

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jonknee6y ago

"all plants of the same stock of bamboo" makes it sound like this would indeed be from the same original plant.

_underfl0w_6y ago

I'm no expert here, but that does seem to be a logical interpretation of what was written.

OTOH, the author seems distinctly... less scientifically inclined than the bulk of commenters here. They may have simply meant "of the same genus".

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