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To: Moonman62
The experiment also isn't a very good indicator of whether the little buggers can adapt.

That might take time. Individual organisms won't adapt; the change will be to populations and will be evolutionary.

38 posted on 10/20/2005 2:04:59 PM PDT by cogitator
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To: cogitator

I just read an article about insects that adapt to resist insecticides in a much shorter time frame.


39 posted on 10/20/2005 2:09:08 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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