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Re: Line breeding vs hybridization
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From: Lewandjim at aol.com on 2001.06.26 at 15:29:21(6887)
In a message dated 6/26/2001 1:56:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
edggon@hotmail.com writes:
<< What I am trying to say (in my Tarzan's English) is that now we know
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lots
of examples of spontaneous or semi-spontaneous hybrids being treated as good
species by Linnaeus. >>
Eduardo,
We have no basis for disagreement. Hybridization has played a major role in
the evolution of many plants and animals. Linnaeus' early work however did
not separate "natural self-replicating populations" from man-induced
non-stable genomes that were cultivars created by humans for our own pleasure
(e.g., Canis familiaris). I think you would agree that only the natural
populations fulfill what systematists consider to be "species".
Jim Langhammer
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