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- From: oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev)
- Subject: Re: Green and Black Brine Shrimp?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.021500.1415@netcom.com>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:15:00 GMT
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- In article <1k2094INNoc0@shelley.u.washington.edu> brucehuy@u.washington.edu writes:
- >in the last week I've noticed that some of the brine shrimp have turned
- >green or black. I'm not exactly sure if the shrimp have suddenly turned this
- >color, or if they just have grown to a large enough size to notice the
-
- Supposedly the colour depends on the diet, but I have also noticed the colour
- differences in the shrimp that can't be just explained away by that.
-
- I think there is a variation in colour among the specimens in the same
- culture that is genetic in nature. If anyone has a better explanation, I'd
- like to hear it -- mine sounds rather doubtful.
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