On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:06:39 -0700, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In response to an off-list question by Pete, who thought that I might have ranged into 
science fiction  : )

>Trans-generational immune priming in a social insect

I merely questioned whether we are jumping the gun on plausible yet poorly understood 
systems. In the paper you cited:

The exact mechanism by which such trans-generational
immune effects are achieved is as yet unknown.
However, regardless of the mechanism employed,
these effects will have implications beyond the
mothers and offspring in which they occur.

plb

[always questioning?]

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