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Alithographica — Science Fact Friday: Ring Species

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Published: 2019-03-04 19:29:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1415; Favourites: 61; Downloads: 15
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Today’s science: Free-flowing system reluctant to fit into rigid boundaries, more at 10. 

I also love this quote from John S. Wilkins: “In a room of n biologists there are n+1 definitions of ‘species’.”


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Comments: 5

phraught [2019-03-08 08:17:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow - I had no idea!  This is very cool, thanks!

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PapierowySzczur [2019-03-05 09:58:56 +0000 UTC]

And of course plants hat can get fertile hybrids between genera (like orchids).

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Alithographica In reply to PapierowySzczur [2019-04-02 02:33:21 +0000 UTC]

God I can't even begin to look at plants  all that cross-pollination, good luck botanists.

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PapierowySzczur In reply to Alithographica [2019-04-02 13:03:10 +0000 UTC]

Yep.

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dragondoodle [2019-03-04 19:30:54 +0000 UTC]

Fascinating! I love how they skirted the central valley.

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