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5 Sep 2024 17:21:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Molecular biology  
From: Warp
Date: 13 Jan 2011 07:15:17
Message: <4d2eecd5@news.povray.org>
Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >    The definition of species is related to genetics, not to behaviour.

> I disagree.

> By human intervention, you can cause all kinds of matings to occur that 
> would never, ever happen in nature. That does /not/ mean that all 
> animals are of the same species.

  The definition of species is that two individuals are of the same species
if they can create fertile offspring. Behavior is irrelevant.

  If a man never has sex with fat women by choice, that doesn't make the
man a different species. That would be just ludicrous.

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                                                          - Warp


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