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On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Dave Black wrote:
> Sure, but the sort of thing I was pointing to was this. The mite is a
> very specific beast and (for a mite) a very unusual shape. This is
> because it inserts itself between the abdominal plates and is then hard
> to get at. It's so specific that it probably would'nt fit into any other
> type of bees interstatial (is that the word?) spaces. And the ones
> moving on the bees that you see are quite fast. If we make a bee that
> will catch and chew them will it create selection pressure for smaller,
> flatter, faster mites that can't be caught...
I am not an expert in evolution, but I *don't* think evolution happens
anywhere near that fast. Resistance to drugs can, but that is entirely
different. Mites physically changing is a different story or am I wrong?
Comments?...
or ones that pop out of a
> brood cell and go straight into the next? Despite our helping the bee's
> speed of evolution the mite's is inherently faster.
Why would the mites evolution be inherently faster?, even if we could live
long enough to see it?
Regards,
Ian
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