New Species

[OLIVER JEFFREY CATLIN]

This isn't right.  Species can evolve quickly, but most often, species
evolve through isolation, diverging over tens, thousands (or millions) of
years (Mayr).

However, a good example of speciation in a single generation would involve
polyploidy - the combination of two complete sets of genomes to create a
new organism which is reproductively isolated from its parents.  Most work
in this area deals with plants.  Just search polyploidy + speciation on
your web browser and you're sure to get a bunch of hits.

Jeff Oliver
jeffrey.oliver at colorado.edu

On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, AZ wrote:

> Hi,
> I am looking for any publication, preferably on the Internet,
> supporting hypothesis of creation of new species in a lifetime
> of ONE generation.  New species are created NOT over
> millions, or thousands or hundreds or even tens of
> years, but within one generation of a given species. A spontaneous
> burst/mutation of young members of the same generation into new
> species.
>
> Appreciate your respond to this posting.
>
> Regards, AZ
>
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