Genetic abilities are genetic abilities. The population ain't homogeneous.




>>"Same could happen here. The 1-10% that did survive are more cold tolerant than the rest and another deep freeze only kills a few. Not the result we hoped for."
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>>Resistance to a pathogen and resistance to suboptimal temperatures are two very different things, biologically. It's a relatively minor tweak to the immune system versus a major change in physiological parameters. I predict the survivors were mainly snakes that just happened to seek slightly warmer retreats than the majority, and will show little increased resistance to cold.
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>>Brad Chambers
>>WWW.HCU-TX.ORG
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>>Breeder of:
>>Green Tree Pythons
>>Jungle Carpet Pythons
>>Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons
>>Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors
>>Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas
>>Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes
>>Spider Western Hognose Snakes
>>Albino Western Hognose Snakes
>>Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes
>>Southern Hognose Snakes
>>Eastern Hognose Snakes
>>Tricolor Hognose Snakes
>>Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes
>>Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes
>>Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes
>>Patternless Bullsnakes
>>S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes
>>Locality Desert Kingsnakes
>>Albino Desert Kingsnakes
>>Hypo Desert Kingsnakes
>>Mexican Black Kingsnakes
>>Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes
>>Locality Mexican Milksnakes
>>Spotted Mexican Milksnakes
>>Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes
>>Locality Alterna
>>Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes
>>Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes
>>Cape Housesnakes
>>Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos
>>Locality Spotted Turtles
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