r/interestingasfuck • u/ThumYorky • 26d ago

This pixelated leaf I found /r/ALL

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u/dick-nipples 26d ago

It looks like a mosaic virus

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u/branzalia 26d ago

Just a side note about plant viruses but there is something called the tulip breaking virus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_breaking_virus

It created bizarre coloration and some of the most valuable tulips during the "Tulip Craze" in Holland but it wasn't passed on like the other coloration patterns via genetics. While they didn't understand genes at the time they did know about passing on of characteristics for breeding purposes but these patterns didn't get passed on like other traits.

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u/Perle1234 26d ago

That was really interesting. I came down here to figure out how that leaf got like that and went to class lol.