How Do Seedless Watermelons Reproduce?

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Seedless watermelons are basically the best thing ever. But they’re also a delicious paradox. Seeds are a key part of plant reproduction. So how do you breed a plant that doesn’t make any seeds? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Greg, Alex Schuerch, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT71326739/PDF https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150821-watermelon-fruit-history-agriculture/ http://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/pdf/g1755.pdf https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cotton/crop/ https://www.crops.org/about-crop-science/crop-breeding https://www2.palomar.edu/users/warmstrong/hybrids1.htm https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:EUPH.0000014914.85465.4f https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13102818.2015.1087333 http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/pbg/ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-015-7271-2_12 https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/newsletters/hortupdate/hortupdate_archives/2000/may00/h5may00.html https://www.uaex.edu/yard-garden/resource-library/plant-week/seedless-watermelon.aspx https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25151572 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4656054/ Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalahari_Tsamma_melon,_Namibia_(5182549010).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Colchicine-3D-balls.png https://www.flickr.com/photos/saeba/43366057712
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