Peter Borst wrote:
>>>>It may also be due to inbreeding. Mites tend to inbreed anyway<<<<
I'll say. Since the foundress mite supervises while her son and daughters
have sex with each other, I'd say inbreeding was a possibility. Is it
harmful to the mite? Apparently not.
Dick Marron
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