8th October 2009, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by juvenissun  For example, a species of E. Coli is trained to eat plastics ONLY. Now take the plastics away from that E. Coli, would it still remember how to eat plastics over a few (tens of ?) generations? Would the plastics-starved E.Coli start to search for a new diet or would it go back to the old diet?
Just came across this recent study of why evolution does not reverse itself. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/sc...olution&st=cse
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