Re: Line breeding vs hybridization

In a message dated 6/26/2001 1:56:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
edggon@hotmail.com writes:

<<    What I am trying to say (in my Tarzan's English) is that now we know 
lots 
 of examples of spontaneous or semi-spontaneous hybrids being treated as good 
 species by Linnaeus. >>

Eduardo,

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 
(e.g., Canis familiaris). I think you would agree that only the natural 
populations fulfill what systematists consider to be "species".

    Jim Langhammer
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