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- From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
- Subject: Re: artificial breeding
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.143231.1344@linus.mitre.org>
- Keywords: artificial, natural, breeding, selection
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- References: <ldsoderb.725021254@reading> <BznxMG.F3A@NeoSoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 14:32:31 GMT
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- From sci.bio:
- In article <BznxMG.F3A@NeoSoft.com> claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird) writes:
- }In article <ldsoderb.725021254@reading> ldsoderb@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (David S. Oderberg) writes:
- }>Can someone please recommend a recent review article which discusses the
- }>following question: Has artificial breeding/selection, including recent
- }>efforts in biotech., produced any new species?
- } .
- }Yes.
- }
- }Or perhaps I misunderstand the question. Many
- }domesticates, including dogs, cats, cattle,
- }maize, guar, probably tomato, wheat, triticale,
- }some begonias, tangelos, perhaps modern straw-
- }berry, grapefruit, ..., are different species
- }than existed before or outside of domestication.
- }Is that what you wanted?
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- And the discussion goes on. Sorry, creationists. A new species is no big deal,
- let alone "impossible".
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