Re: [RML] species differentiation

HH (Harro.Hieronimus at t-online.de)
Sat, 5 Sep 1998 12:25:11 +0200

tayers at bridge.com schrieb:

> I knew it was a hard problem. So I would like to ask a couple more
> specific, hopefully straight-forward, questions:
>
> - Do most/any of the Rainbow crosses produce fertile offspring?
>

Any, as far as I know not all or even most.

> - If two organisms do not produce fertile offspring, then is that
> overwhelming evidence that they are different species?
>

No. Unfortunately not. That - hard to say but true - may also be accidentally.

> Thanks a lot and
> Hope you have a very nice day, :-)
> Tim Ayers tayers at bridge.com
> St. Paul, Minnesota
> Bridge, Inc. www.bridge.com
>
> P.S. I'm making effort to attend IRC #rml tonight. Cya there.

Best regards

Harro Hieronimus, Solingen, Germany
harro.hieronimus at t-online.de

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