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To: blackfarm
Is a dog still a wolf?

We got every breed of dog from a Chihuahua to a Great Dane all from a wolf through selective breeding. Natural selection is just like selective breeding except there is only natural fitness rather than a human aesthetic or purpose that is being selected for.
106 posted on 07/20/2005 10:05:27 AM PDT by Mylo ("Those without a sword should sell their cloak and buy one" Jesus of Nazareth)
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To: Mylo
Right now in New England they are finding Coyote's with large amounts of Wolf Genes as much as 70% in some cases. All Dog breeds including the Wolf can and do breed together. They are all the same species. Selective breeding has failed to produce a new species but variations in the same genetic population. We have failed to make a dog into anything other than a dog. The information already existed in the gene pool and was not created through selective breeding.
127 posted on 07/20/2005 10:29:34 AM PDT by blackfarm (blackfamily5)
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To: Mylo; blackfarm

Hmmm... purpose you say?

Now tell us all: what would happen if all dogs were allowed to breed as they felt? Would we keep the same speication? Or would we achieve one Canine family?


176 posted on 07/20/2005 12:12:16 PM PDT by MacDorcha (In Theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.)
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