FRAGMENT FROM NATURE deals with the thorny issue of what is a species. It is a fundamental concept in evolution and biology. Yet it is far from a clear concept. Darwin, in Origin of the Species, carefully avoided defining it. And today, we know that genes are immensely mobile, sloshing around in a vast global genepool, and that evolution is not linear. To make matters infinitely worse, in 2010 synthetic life was created in the laboratory. Oh what a glorious mess!
linkedin post 2022-06-29 05:12:48
Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022