if all store bought bananas are clones, then how come they can vary so much in size? Some are absolutely huge whereas some are extremely tiny. If they are biological identical, shouldn’t they be of similar size?

Question

if all store bought bananas are clones, then how come they can vary so much in size? Some are absolutely huge whereas some are extremely tiny. If they are biological identical, shouldn’t they be of similar size?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Bananas grow in [bunches](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/FAFK3P/close-up-green-banana-bunch-in-tree-FAFK3P.jpg) so bananas on different parts of the bunch can wind up being different sizes.

That said, _all_ bananas aren’t clones. All bananas of any particular variety are clones, and the vast majority of bananas in grocery stores come from a single variety and are therefore clones of each other. But you _do_ sometimes see other kinds of bananas in grocery stores (more often if you live somewhere tropical). But even in colder areas you sometimes see little half-size bananas that are just a different variety and not clones of standard bananas (but are all clones of each other).