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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA; ifinnegan

>>When there was just one life form, there were no ‘species’ of life

Speciation includes the ability to identify and procreate with similar life forms.

RNA Molecules which were not able to procreate with one another would still be molecular life forms - but different molecular species.


121 posted on 06/15/2017 4:04:32 PM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: HLPhat

“Speciation includes the ability to identify and procreate with similar life forms.”

So organisms that reproduce asexually aren’t part of a species! (That’s a rhetorical question pointing out your ignorance).

“RNA Molecules which were not able to procreate with one another would still be molecular life forms - but different molecular species.”

Why do you think RNA molecules can’t “procreate with one other”?

What does species mean?


130 posted on 06/15/2017 4:50:45 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: HLPhat

“RNA Molecules which were not able to procreate with one another would still be molecular life forms - but different molecular species.”

I want to not forget to say, yes.

And if they reproduce, they are life.


131 posted on 06/15/2017 4:59:00 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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