>>>>>I don't see how any of us can intelligently discuss "varroa genetics".
Supposedly varroa mites basically clone themselves, so apparently there is
very little variation.<<<<<

If mites just cloned themselves, there would be no variation and they could
not adapt. Since it's obviously true that mites DO adapt, especially to our
pesticides then they are not just clones of each other. Variance can take
place in the formation of an egg, and does. Pieces of DNA get dropped and
others picked up. Recombination of existing DNA yields new phenotypes. I
don't pretend to be up on the details but it is obvious that they are not
"basically clones." Stop saying that. People actually read this list for
information.

Dick Marron

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