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To: Virginia-American

It didn't. Yet this was given as a scientific example of observed natural evolutionary speciation.


1,327 posted on 03/02/2006 4:02:50 PM PST by P-Marlowe (((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
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To: P-Marlowe
From the abstract you posted:

. Positive assortative mating was found in the treatment which had mated in the light and had been subject to strong selection against hybridization.

What does this mean?

1,328 posted on 03/02/2006 4:07:09 PM PST by Virginia-American
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To: P-Marlowe
"It didn't. Yet this was given as a scientific example of observed natural evolutionary speciation.

It was given as an example of speciation as result of selection. The point was to show that speciation can occur by the selection of specific traits, in this case mating habits, any other trait could have been chosen.

1,383 posted on 03/02/2006 8:03:28 PM PST by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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