[DannyTN]

"Wow, nothing like misrepresenting the comments of the person being quote-mined out of context."

Perhaps you can give us some examples from Coyne's work where he cites an example of macro-evolution having a practical use other than explaining where we came from?

[js1138]

Perhaps you can give us some examples from Coyne's work where he cites an example of macro-evolution having a practical use other than explaining where we came from?

Most of what you eat is a result of polyploidy within historical times (< 10,000 years ago).

• Triploid crops: banana, apple, grass carp
• Tetraploid crops: durum or macaroni wheat, maize, cotton, potato, cabbage, leek, tobacco, peanut, Pelargonium
• Hexaploid crops: chrysanthemum, bread wheat, triticale, oat
• Octaploid crops: strawberry, dahlia, pansies, sugar cane