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Subject:	Re: Locally adapted?
From:	randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:24:04 -0700
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>I have trouble with the term "locally adapted". Don't we really mean
"locally compatible"?

"Locally compatible" would apply to a single colony at a moment in time.
"Locally adapted" refers to a population (a group that exchanges genes via
mating) that nature over time has selected to be locally compatible.  That
selection, as Christina points out, could be due to a combination of
genetics and epigenetics.  Over time, the epigenetic effects would tend to
become fixed genetically, but may be up or down regulated according to
environmental factors.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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