Re: Line breeding vs hybridization

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2001.07.01 at 04:17:35(6923) Which could only be mended if we would adapt evolutionary theory to include a general theory on the origin of cultivars etc. Fine with me, but as long as nobody does it, we're stuck with cultivars being man-made "products". If we would not make a differencve between the context of human society and its products and "nature" and its products, we might as well start classifying china as part of geochemical theories on clay minerals etc. I don't think we'd wanna do that (right now.....). Wilbert +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Sent: vrijdag 29 juni 2001 1:36 Subject: Re: Line breeding vs hybridization > In a message dated Tue, 26 Jun 2001 5:02:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Wilbert Hetterscheid" writes: > > << Species unknown in nature should be treated differently by taxonomy.>> > > If leafcutter ants were the taxonomists, they could say that their fungus crop is unknown in nature -- that is, if they defined nature so as to exclude themselves, as we humans generally (and artificially) do. >

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