Iris said: "Since the concept of species is an artificial man-made construct, it is fuzzy at best.... we know now that there are many populations of plants where the idea of species doesn't fit & the best thing we can call them are hybrid swarms."
Not just plants. A decade ago, Brad White (Trent University, Ontario) showed that all the eastern wolves in Algonquin Park are carrying some coyote DNA. And in April 2006, a hunter in the Northwest Territories shot the first documented grizzly bear-polar bear hybrid ... unfortunately, they didn't stop to ask it if it was fertile before opening fire. Peter O'Byrne in Singapore _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
