on wing patterns

[Felix Sperling]

David,
	What I meant to say is that wing pattern (and the underlying 
genes for them) may say one thing, while mtDNA may say another. 
Whether mtDNA or wing pattern genes are more likely to be a good 
indicator of what the majority of the total genome is saying is an 
open question.
	I have unfortunately been overwhelmed by a barrage of 
administrative crises that got dumped on me on Friday and I'm unable 
to follow up on this more fully. Fortunately it looks like others are 
filling the gap already.

	Felix


>Hi Felix and All,        Feb 3, 2001
>     Just a few pedestrian comments directed to no one in
>particular and
>not limited to leps; a condensed, I hope, reaction to this
>ongoing
>discussion--  and one question about a passage in your message.
>
>
>Felix Sperling wrote:
>
>>   and raises the possibility that wing pattern differences
>>  are not a fail safe indicator of underlying genetic differences at
>>  the level of geographic races.
>>
>
>     I don't understand how, in the absence of underlying genetic
>differences, there can be differences in wing pattern.
>


 
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