predator/prey selection

No; the predator isn't "consciously" shaping its genome.  Think about
it this way: if lions didn't exist, gazelles probably wouldn't be able
to run very fast.

  - a

Andrew Kohlsmith <[email protected]> writes:
>> [1] http://www.megacz.com/nsf.pdf
>
> Nifty, but this caught my eye:
>
> "The closest work seems to be in the area of predator-prey interactions, in 
> which one could argue that the predator is able to shape the prey's genome"
>
> The first thing I thought of was "Why?  In order to make the prey tastier?"
>
> -A.
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