Wayne Tyson asks: > Do ecotypes evolve into distinct species?
Yes. Sometimes. Sometimes not. Whether speciation occurs or not depends on the degree of genetic isolation that an ecotype experiences over time from its main body. There is an excellent tutorial on speciation available on the Berkeley website. The entire tutorial is called "Evolution 101." Don't let the cartoon nature of the tutorial dissuade you from its seriousness or its value. I've primed the tutorial to begin at the section on speciation: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VSpeciation.shtml Be sure to pay attention to the various "causes of speciation" when you get to that section. Wirt Atmar
