Re: Line breeding vs hybridization

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2001.07.02 at 15:58:38(6932) Hi Jim, >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 +More >(e.g., Canis familiaris). I think you would agree that only the natural >populations fulfill what systematists consider to be "species". Yes, I think you're correct. Anyway, I still don't know what _I_ should consider to be species! I am losing my faith! Best wishes, Eduardo. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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