Question

The bananas eaten today are not the bananas that have always been eaten. In the early 1900's a different banana called the "Gros Michel" or "Big Mike' was the primary banana sported By 1950 a fungus had wiped outalmost all of the banana plantations that used the Big Mike and crops had to be changed. Bananas that are available throughout stores worldwide are all clones of the Cavendish banana Cloning is a process where the DNAfrom one organism is identically replicated and used to create a genetically identical organism Some plantations are starting to report a fungus impacting their Cavendish crops the same way the Big Mike crops wereImpacted. What is likely outcome for Cavendish bananas since most of the crops are clones?

Answer 1

They will likely be wiped out as well, since if the fungus can wipe out some of the Cavendish bananas, they will be likely to be able to wipe out the rest since they all share the same genes. Since they all share the same genes they will have the same weaknesses the fungus can exploit