Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990428091255.0080ae40@rongenet.sk.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:12:55 -0600
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk, "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
From: Lloyd Robertson <hawkeye@rongenet.sk.ca>
Subject: RE: Darwin and Lamarck
In-Reply-To: <2CDFE2C8F598D21197C800C04F911B200CAF72@DELTA.newhouse.akzo
At 08:52 AM 28/04/99 +0200, Gatherer, D. (Derek) wrote:
>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.
>
Maybe I am confused but I don't see why people who wish to rehabilitate
Lamarck get excited over research like this.
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