Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:52:06 +0200
From: "Gatherer, D. (Derek)" <D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl>
Subject: RE: Darwin and Lamarck
To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Lloyd (re: genetic assimilation)
In essense, how is this different from breeding dogs for a particular trait?
Derek:
Not very much. If I try to breed bald dogs, I select the least hairy dogs
in each generation. Waddington applied the ether shock to the embryos and
then selected the most cross-veined flies.
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