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Article #2645artificial breeding
From: David S. Oderberg
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:12
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:12
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This is a request for information, and I would be grateful for assistance. Could someone please tell me whether artificial breeding/selection has so far produced any news species, according to the generally accepted definition/s of `species' among biologists (interbreeding capacity etc.)? Even including the very latest in biotechnological achievements, has the creation of new species been attained? I am aware of the alleged creation of plant hybrids which can't be crossed with either parent species: do these, if they exist, qualify? I am also aware of Drosophila experiments, but again I do not know if there are any results relevant to my question. If no one out there is able or has time to set me straight on this question, could someone please recommend a decent and recent review article that I might easily obtain, and which covers this very issue? I am a philosopher, and currently doing a little research in phil. of biol., so any help would be much appreciated. D.S. Oderberg Univ. of Reading England
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!reading!ldsoderb From: ldsoderb@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (David S. Oderberg) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: artificial breeding Summary: question: has artificial breeding produced new species? Keywords: artificial, natural, selection, species Message-ID: <ldsoderb.724677131@reading> Date: 18 Dec 92 11:12:11 GMT Sender: news@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk Organization: University of Reading Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: suma1