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To: tallhappy

Fine.

What has happened is between 16 and 40 species of crustacian has evolved in only 40 years. The creation by man of a new niche made an opportunity for creatures with genes that permit varying amounts of salinity. Before that niche, the environment was stable. After it was filled, the niche was filled, the species still evolve, but outliers are trimmed. With the niche newly created (by man) the evolution rate radically increases.

I wouldn't know this unless I worked at Pt. Mugu for a year. We are now restricted on what we could do in the Mugu lagoon, as each of these species are endangered, and protected. Nothing like them anywhere in the world.

Interesting experiment, no?


162 posted on 05/28/2006 8:44:51 PM PDT by Donald Meaker (Demographics is Destiny!)
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To: Donald Meaker
Nothing like them anywhere in the world.

Any data?

267 posted on 05/31/2006 11:02:03 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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