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In a message dated 05/11/05 22:22:15 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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<<Sometimes folks are
describing the idea (new characteristics are acquired through
interaction with the environment and are passed on to progeny) and are
not even aware of the fact.>>
True, but I've also noticed a tendency to dismiss all suggestion of genetic
change in a strain as a result of small cell as 'Lamarckianism' when this
isn't necessarily the case. It seems that some strains downsize more easily than
others, so it's likely that continued use of small cell will filter out
genotypes which have trouble making the transition. The result, over several
generations, may well be a genetically smaller bee due, not to the appearance of
new genetics, but to simple selection.
Regards,
Robert Brenchley
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