[ricardobeat]

Melanin is produced as a reaction to UV exposure. Capsaicin is not produced as a reaction to bug bites. This is basic Darwinism vs Lamarckism, evolutionary pressure vs the idea of inheriting acquired traits.

[thaumasiotes]

You just stated that you didn't know whether or not this was the case. Has that changed?

> This is basic Darwinism vs Lamarckism, evolutionary pressure vs the idea of inheriting acquired traits.

Considering we're only talking about one plant, and not an ancestral line of plants over time, you appear to be pretty badly confused.