[ExI] Slime mold farms bacteria

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 25 03:43:29 UTC 2011


2011/1/24 Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com>:
> http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/01/slime-mold-macdonald-farms-its-bacterial-meals.ars
>
> Not bad for a former fungus!


"It's possible to conceive of a system in which Dicty could evolve a
way to farm a single species, much as leaf cutter ants work with only
a single species of fungus, which might provide a more clear-cut
advantage. "

leaf-cutter ants... clear-cut advantage

Do you think that was intentional or are some puns so bad that they
emerge spontaneously as groaners?

On the actual article though: does this suggest that "balanced
selection" may have some humans responding positively to agricultural
diets while others are better served by paleo ?  Maybe we're not all
meant to eat the same stuff.



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