FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues the theme from last weekend of hybrids, but strays into the theme of gradual versus sudden leaps of evolution and the lovely concept of hopeful monsters. Hybridization as a source of genetic novelty and new species has long fascinated biologists, but many natural hybrids are sterile, making them ‘sports of transmutations’ (Wordsworth). Enjoy this partly historical view of the subject.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022