Fred,

If interbreeding is the sole (or principle) criterion for speciation, where
do hybrids come from?  Hybrids should be impossible if species, by
definition, cannot interbreed.  Are the domestic dog, the wolf and the
coyote conspecific because they sometimes interbreed?

Paul M.

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