To: Doctor Stochastic
Some fish are kinds. If they can produce offspring together, they are kinds. If they can't, they aren't. There is a limit as to how much interbreeding can be allowed.
To: DittoJed2
Some fish are kinds. If they can produce offspring together, they are kinds. If they can't, they aren't. Then how do you explain ring species?
To: DittoJed2
Is your definition of a "kind" the transitive closure of matable individuals?
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08/21/2003 8:38:05 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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