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Re: Grindal worm

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Subject: Re: Grindal worm
From: Doug Karpa-Wilson <dkarpawi at indiana_edu>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:24:00 -0500
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 If they were line bred from
>> the white worm could they be again line bred to form stable strains active
>> in certain biotope/temperature ranges?
>>
>Seems plausible. Not much different then selectively breeding other
>animals. The trick is selectively breeding specific worms with specific
>traits. The smaller the worm population the more effective this sort of
>project would be.

erm, actually, its the other way around.  If you want to end up with the
traits of interest rather than random ones, bigger pops are more likely to
get you there, unless you already  have the sport of interest in hand.


Doug Karpa-Wilson
Department of Biology
Indiana University
Jordan Hall
1001 E. 3rd St.
Bloomington, IN 47405


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