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Article #1318Re: What is a species?
From: Debbie Forest
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 12:26
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 12:26
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In article <2495@leah.Albany.Edu> gmr044@leah.Albany.Edu (Gregg Recer) writes: <In article <2285@uwm.edu> debbie@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Debbie Forest) <writes: < <>yes, all dogs are the same species. but why then aren't wolves in the <>species too, since dogs and wolves can cross-breed? < <I don't know from what wild species domestic dogs were derived, but <even if it wasn't wolves dogs might still be able to breed with wolves <and produce viable offspring. However, those offspring would then be <infertile. dog/wolf breedings do produce fertile offspring.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!debbie From: debbie@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Debbie Forest) Newsgroups: rec.pets,sci.bio Subject: Re: What is a species? Keywords: artificial selection makes species identity meaningless Message-ID: <2295@uwm.edu> Date: 8 Feb 90 12:26:59 GMT References: <2495@leah.Albany.Edu> Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: debbie@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Debbie Forest) Followup-To: rec.pets Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lines: 13