Chapter 84: Hybridization Experiment in Herbal Medicine Class

Trelawney made a prediction about her own death... This news quickly spread throughout Hogwarts after class.

She used to predict the life and death of others, but this time it was her turn. I have to say that she is indeed very fair.

But her fans and haters were silent.

Fans certainly believe that Professor Trelawney has a strong ability to predict, but doesn't this mean that she is going to die?

Haters... especially the students whose death she predicted, they are eager for Trelawney to die, but if the prediction comes true, doesn't it prove that she is not a liar?

For a while, the two major forces were entangled, not knowing whether they should expect the prediction to come true.

However, compared with Trelawney's illusory death prediction, Gryffindor and Slytherin's Care of Magical Creatures class almost killed someone.

On the way to the Herbology class, the badgers heard the Gryffindor students who came back from the paddock say... Malfoy was injured.

After careful inquiry, I found out that something went wrong in Hagrid's class. A hippogriff bit Malfoy hard.

The Gryffindor students described it vividly, and it seemed that Malfoy was about to die, and now he could prepare for the feast.

Standing at the entrance of the greenhouse, Hermione explained softly, "It's not that serious. Malfoy just injured his hand and was immediately sent to the school hospital."

The girl described the incident in detail and finally said:

"Anyway, it's all Malfoy's fault. Hagrid said that if you insult a hippogriff, it will attack. But Malfoy didn't listen and insulted them in front of him."

"Malfoy's father will definitely not care about these..." Neville said with a worried look on his face, "Do you think the school will expel Hagrid?"

"That won't happen." Rolf shook his head and said, "Malfoy is no longer a school director and has no power to interfere with the school's teachers. With Dumbledore here, Hagrid will not be expelled.

Besides, it's just a teaching accident, not enough to expel him."

If a teaching accident occurs and a student is injured, he will be expelled... Then the first one to be expelled is Snape.

In his class, students are often injured by burning and exploding crucibles, and he also uses cold violence in various ways, but he is still doing well.

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Madame Hooch must also be expelled. In which year did she not have several students injured in her flying class?

"Although Hagrid will not be expelled..." Rolf reminded, "But the hippogriff is dangerous."

In the original time and space, Malfoy brought the matter to the Ministry of Magic, and finally sentenced the hippogriff to death.

Just then, Professor Sprout strode from the lawn, carrying a bunch of keys, and shouted:

"Okay, come here, children... Today is still the third greenhouse!"

Rolf, Hermione and Neville ended their conversation and followed Sprout to the greenhouse.

They followed the road, passed a row of tall fungi, and finally arrived at an unfamiliar area.

There are a lot of peas planted here, they are staggered, there are tall plants, short plants, and medium and tall plants.

The peas also have flowers like butterfly wings, and the colors of those flowers are also divided into red, purple and pink.

Those peas look beautiful, but they have not yet produced pods.

"Does anyone know what this is?" Professor Sprout asked.

Hermione wanted to talk about the Care of Magical Creatures class, but she didn't care about it now, so she raised her hand and said, "Bubble peas."

"That's right, Miss Granger... two points for Gryffindor." Sprout pointed at the group of peas and introduced:

"This is bubble peas, a very magical plant... their beans will bloom directly after touching a solid object, and that kind of flower can be used to treat coughs."

"Now, who can tell me... which of these three colors of peas has the best medicinal effect?"

Hermione raised her hand again, "Pink peas have the best medicinal effect. According to the research of the famous botanist Mr. Carloki, at the same dose, they are 1.5 times that of red flowers and twice that of purple flowers."

"Absolutely correct, five more points for Gryffindor." Professor Sprout asked, "Then Miss Granger, do you know why the same kind of peas can bloom three different colors of flowers?"

This question is not in the book, and Hermione was a little speechless for a while.

Professor Sprout looked around, but no one raised their hands to answer. Even Neville, who was the best in Herbology, looked confused.

Hermione glanced at Rolf beside her and whispered, "Do you know?"

Rolf nodded, and Hermione narrowed her eyes, suddenly raised her elbow and held up the boy's arm.

"Mr. Scamander?"

Rolf rolled his eyes at Hermione who was grinning, and he answered:

"The red flowers of peas are dominant traits, and the purple flowers are recessive traits. After they are hybridized, pink peas will appear in the offspring...

This phenomenon of showing different traits in hybrid offspring is called trait separation."

"Very good." Professor Sprout was a little surprised. She asked curiously, "Mr. Scamander, have you read the Muggle Mendel's paper "Plant Hybridization Experiment"? "

"No, professor, but I have read related books." Rolf explained.

He had not read Mendel's paper, but he had taken high school biology and was very familiar with this kind of thing.

"Hufflepuff plus 15 points." Professor Sprout said in admiration: "I have to say, it is really amazing that you can read so much at your age."

Professor Sprout took a small blackboard and explained Mendel's pea hybridization experiment, but the young wizards looked confused.

Many students looked at Rove again. They didn't expect that he even knew such obscure knowledge. This was too exaggerated.

Some students regretted not choosing Muggle Studies.

But Muggle Studies obviously couldn't have such knowledge. What they lacked was... nine years of compulsory education.

Hermione took notes while listening to Professor Sprout's explanation. She had no biological foundation and was a little confused when she suddenly came into contact with some technical terms.

"Rove, what does this part mean?"

After explaining to Hermione, Rove asked: "Do you understand?"

"Almost." Hermione nodded.

"Then I'll give you a simple advanced question to help you further deepen your understanding."

Rove picked up the quill and hurriedly wrote on the parchment:

"The yellow round peas and the green wrinkled peas are hybridized to produce f1, f1 is self-fertilized to obtain f2, and all the green round peas in f2 are self-fertilized to obtain f3. Find the proportion of green round peas in f3 that can be stably inherited."

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"Think about it slowly." Rove smiled and said, "Think about it, I still have questions about fruit flies, red and blue color blindness in men and women, and the inheritance of albinism."

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