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To: Red Badger

I expect the amount of DNA we share would support this taxonomy. About as good as any. So to summarize, it’s the ability to have babies togeter that makes a species. I’d say your wolves and dogs example means there is some correction to do to the species taxonomy based on this rule though. Even wolves come in diffferent species: the dire wolf (Canis dirus), the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and the coyote (Canis latrans). One additional species, the domestic dog ...etc etc.


30 posted on 03/30/2011 11:58:15 AM PDT by dblshot (Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
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To: dblshot

You are correct on the taxonomy for wolves and dogs being adjusted. DNA tests have shown that the wolf and dog are the same. My Chihuahua thinks she is a wolf and acts accordingly. The domesticated dog in all its different forms have the same ancestry. I suppose that if a certain type of dog became extinct, poodles for instance, they could be recreated over generations starting with a pair of wolves..............


35 posted on 03/30/2011 12:27:10 PM PDT by Red Badger (I've posted a total of 1,698 threads and 63,835 replies, as of 03-29-2011......)
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