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To: Alter Kaker

Since evolution is generally considered in the context of speciation I don't think you can call selective breeding "evolution" unless you can cite a case where selective breeding has actually resulted in a new species that cannot interbreed with its ancestral stock.


98 posted on 12/11/2006 10:00:40 AM PST by 3Lean
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To: 3Lean
Since evolution is generally considered in the context of speciation

Actually, it isn't. Evolution is just change in allele frequencies over time. That can be caused by selection, which can take a number of forms including natural, sexual and artificial.

104 posted on 12/11/2006 11:53:48 AM PST by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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