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To: allmendream

Negative ghostrider - they are all Canis lupus. Genetically all the various breeds represents reductions in the genetic code variations available, but the genomes map the same.

They are all the same species. Wolves, coyotes and Paris Hilton’s purse dog. One could argue domestic dogs are a subspecies, but that is just for the convenience of taxonomy, not genetics or biology.

p.s. I am a recovering physiologist by education.


59 posted on 03/31/2013 5:11:25 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Blueflag

Negative. Coyotes are not wolves. There are genetic differences, obvious morphology differences, and behavioral differences. And they rarely interbreed, but they are capable of doing so.


63 posted on 03/31/2013 7:30:52 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: Blueflag

Aren’t coyotes Canis latrans, a different species than wolves/dogs, Canis lupus?


65 posted on 03/31/2013 7:50:20 AM PDT by Betis70 ("Leading from Behind" gets your Ambassador killed)
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To: Blueflag

Mules have fertility problems but offspring are not unknown. Are donkeys and horses the same species? Zedonks also can sometimes produce offspring. Are zebras and donkeys the same species?


66 posted on 03/31/2013 7:51:48 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: Blueflag
They are all the same species. Wolves, coyotes and Paris Hilton’s purse dog. One could argue domestic dogs are a subspecies, but that is just for the convenience of taxonomy, not genetics or biology.

One could also argue that Paris Hilton’s purse dog and a Great Dane are different species. Tab A will not fit into Slut B!

74 posted on 03/31/2013 8:18:35 AM PDT by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them.)
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