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Another big reason resistance to alcohol (and boiling water) doesn't develop is that neither is persistent in the environment, and thus the selective pressure v
by derobert 17y ago
Another big reason resistance to alcohol (and boiling water) doesn't develop is that neither is persistent in the environment, and thus the selective pressure vanishes fairly quickly. The mutations required to resist either likely have downsides in normal environments, and thus will normally be selected against.