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@a_place_they_call_heaven Can the hexaploid do that?
Yes common (hexaploid) bread wheat will do it in some cases, though the offspring are almost always sterile. Goatgrass is a common and problematic weed that grows intimately mixed up in the wheat, which lends itself to hybridization even the wheat is otherwise self-pollinating.
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Wheat is a funny plant. It is a challenge for breeders to get desired traits into because everything is in triplicate, and a given cross may only result in single-gene change. And yet all on it's own it can hybridize with a weed like jointed goatgrass.
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