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From: debbie@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Debbie Forest)
Newsgroups: rec.pets,sci.bio
Subject: Re: What is a species?
Keywords: artificial selection makes species identity meaningless
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Date: 8 Feb 90 12:26:59 GMT
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In article <2495@leah.Albany.Edu> gmr044@leah.Albany.Edu (Gregg Recer) writes:
<In article  <2285@uwm.edu>  debbie@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Debbie Forest)
<writes:
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<>yes, all dogs are the same species.  but why then aren't wolves in the
<>species too, since dogs and wolves can cross-breed?
<
<I don't know from what wild species domestic dogs were derived, but
<even if it wasn't wolves dogs might still be able to breed with wolves
<and produce viable offspring.  However, those offspring would then be
<infertile. 

dog/wolf breedings do produce fertile offspring.