Randy wrote:

>>>Here in Calif we have a tree called Live Oak.  The leaves grow with
smooth
edges.  But if a deer eats the leaves off, the stimulus of deer saliva makes
the next batch of leaves grow back with prickly edges.  You can look at the
leaves of a tree and see just how high the deer can reach by looking at the
margins of the leaves.  This is an epigenetic change.<<<<

There is a species of fir tree that changes its' PH in response to a
disease. (forgot whether disease or other attack) When the alien hits the
edges of the grove and the first trees change.....the whole grove changes,
even those trees as yet unaffected.

Isn't there a Japanese virus that is found in the brains of bees which makes
them aggressive? The Kakugo virus:
http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/reprint/80/23/11528
It is found in the most aggressive bees and is a definite help with the
Asian hornet.
Makes one wonder how many viruses are positive.

Dick Marron

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