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To: Brumar89 who wrote (62623)11/13/2014 8:32:30 AM
From: Brumar89  Respond to of 69300
 
S L Pimm 1988 Rapid morphological change in an introduced bird. Trends in Evolution and Ecology 3: 290-291

That's the study on the finches I just mentioned.



To: Brumar89 who wrote (62623)11/14/2014 12:14:50 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300
 
No way that could happen so fast based on natural selection working on via random mutations.

As I have written, most change is due to novel combinations of existing genes (via sex), not through random mutations.