Hi Paul

Of course! Sort of a fast-acting feedback loop...

Regards
Andrew

>Hi Andrew,
>
>I wasn't suggesting that two species could never prodice fertile hybrids,
>but only that the inability to produce fertile hybrids, when present, is
>certain proof of specific distinctness, since a single species incapable of
>producing fertile offspring would soon be extinct.
>
>Regards,
>Paul M.
>
>
>>  Well, fertility of hybrids is not a test of specific distinctness. I
>>  believe there is a fertile mule known...
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