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Author Topic:   Macroevolution: Its all around us...
Itachi Uchiha
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From: mayaguez, Puerto RIco
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Message 59 of 306 (205297)
05-05-2005 1:33 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by EZscience
04-14-2005 3:37 PM


A couple of questions
EZscience writes:
As the insects feed on different plants, they seek mates only on those plants. This 'host plant fidelity' serves as a wedge to separate populations, preventing gene flow between them. Once you have no more gene flow between plant-associated populations, 'poof' you have separate species. It's almost as awe-inspiring as the 'poof' of creation in which all species were instanteously created in immutable forms....
Let me see if I understand this. Youre saying that insects that feed on a particular plant will only mate with insects of their same kind that also eat in that particular plant. This process called "host plant fidelity" will make these insects become into a new species. Am I right?
Can something like this happen to humans? does this mean that if I only have sex with women that live in the same town that I do or eat exactly the same food I eat we can then make a new species by isolating ourselves from people on neighboring towns to the extent thst the new species created would not be able to have sex with someone from europe, africa or somewhere else in the world?
School me on this please

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Itachi Uchiha
Member (Idle past 5644 days)
Posts: 272
From: mayaguez, Puerto RIco
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Message 67 of 306 (205582)
05-06-2005 11:55 AM
Reply to: Message 60 by EZscience
05-05-2005 2:22 PM


Re: A couple of questions
Thanks for clarifying this for me. Your post was very helpful.
Eres boricua? Cuando fue que estuvistes por mayaguez?

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