First off, Mammuthus I think that this is a wonderful idea.
Now, as to the Clarification re: some of Dr. D.'s comments concerning the Semi-miotic hypothesis and the lack of evolution occuring in sexually reproducing species. How can the series of species radiations noted in the fossil record after each major exctinction event be explained if sexually reproducing species do not split and evolve into different species. I asked a varient this question earlier concerning the Cambrian explosion and your response was that you were not convinced species radiation occured within this group
salties reply to my question re: speciation and the cambrian, actually my question was that as these species were likely sexually repoducing species then how did we get here from there. If you look ta the Permian or the K-T extinction boundries you see the same style of species radiation after the extinction event. So, how can this be explained if sexually reproducing species can only remove deleterious genes and not accumulate altered useful mutations which can include chromosomal re-arrangement.
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"Chance favors the prepared mind." L. Pasteur
Taz
[This message has been edited by Dr_Tazimus_maximus, 04-29-2003]