The Wisconsin Fast Plants® Genetics of Hairy Plants Kit Includes: 50 Seed Each of 2 Parental Types (hairy and hairless) 250 F2 Seed 100 F1 Seed (hairy x hairless) 4 Watering Systems All Other Planting Materials Instructions

Rapid-Growing Wisconsin Fast Plants® Make Classroom Genetics Studies Possible! Wisconsin Fast Plants® are a wonderful model plant genetics organism for the classroom. The plants have several traits that make them attractive: A wide variety of mutant seed is available They are closely related to many food crops produced in the United States, making them especially relevant They cannot self-pollinate, so it is easy to carry out controlled crosses in the classroom They have clearly visible mutations; stem color, plant height, and more They have a 35- to 40- day life cycle that lets you start with F1 seed and carry it to the F2 generation in a short time span

Advanced High School-College. For a class of 24 students working in groups of 3. Study the genetics of an easily scored quantitative trait. By simultaneously growing parental, F₁, and F₂ generations, students can study and measure quantitative variation, gene action, heritability, correlated traits, and more.

Experiment time is 55 to 100 days, and may be continued indefinitely for long-term selection studies. Complete Kit Contents are Listed in the More Information Tab.