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Re: introduce natural selection into breeding protocols
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Trevor Weatherhead <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:06:56 +1000
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> The basic idea is to introduce elements of natural selection into the
> breeding protocols, rather than preventing it from taking place.
>
> Conserving diversity and vitality for honey bee breeding
> Marina D Meixner, et al
> Journal of Apicultural Research 49(1): 85-92 (2010

The above seems a bit contradictory to me.  If you are looking at "natural 
selection" then how can you "introduce" natural selection?   Introduction 
infers that you are putting in something that doesn't already exist.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA 

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