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=== Chimeral === [[Image:Ficus carica Panascè.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Variegation of fruits and wood in ''[[Ficus carica]]'' 'Panascè', a bicolor (yellow-green) common fig cultivar. This Italian cultivar is a ''[[Chimera (plant)|chimera]]''.]] [[Chimera (genetics)|Chimeric]] plants contain tissues with more than one [[genotype]].{{Explain|reason=How and why do chimeras occur in plants? What does it mean to have two different genotypes present in neighboring cells?|date=November 2024}} A variegated chimera contains some tissues that produce chlorophyll and other tissues which do not.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lineberger |first1=Daniel |title=Origin, Development, and Propagation of Chimeras |url=https://aggie-hort.tamu.edu/tisscult/Chimeras/chimeralec/chimeras.html |website=aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu |access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> Because the variegation is due to the presence of two kinds of plant tissue, propagating the plant must be by a vegetative method of propagation that preserves both types of tissue in relation to each other. Typically, stem [[Cutting (plant)|cuttings]], bud and stem [[grafting]], and other propagation methods that results in growth from leaf axil buds will preserve variegation.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} Cuttings with complete variegation may be difficult, if not impossible, to propagate.{{Why|date=November 2024}} Root cuttings will not usually preserve variegation, since the new stem tissue is derived from a particular{{Which|date=November 2024}} tissue type within the root.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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