>I certainly see a grand total of zero evidence it has anything to do with local adaptation. How about phenotypic plasticity? https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0111?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed Or the results of different diets? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG37OUxrPlE Or transgenerational immune priming? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8826052/ *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html