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The Problematic Red Wolf

The Problematic Red Wolf Is the red wolf a species or a long-established hybrid of the gray wolf and the coyote? Such distinctions may affect ongoing efforts to save a variety of endangered species by Robert K. Wayne and John L. Gittleman SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN July 1995.

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The Problematic Red Wolf

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  1. The Problematic Red Wolf Is the red wolf a species or a long-established hybrid of the gray wolf and the coyote? Such distinctions may affect ongoing efforts to save a variety of endangered species by Robert K. Wayne and John L. Gittleman SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN July 1995

  2. A Ring Species: The Ensatina Complex

  3. Domesticated Horse (Equus caballus) has 64 pairs of chromosomes Domesticated Ass (Equus asinus) has 62 pairs of chromosomes

  4. Male Ass x Female Horse = Mule Male Horse x Female Ass = Hinney

  5. Hybridization in the Salvias

  6. Salvia apiana – White Sage

  7. Salvia mellifera – Black Sage

  8. Polyploidy

  9. Iris hexagona Iris fulva

  10. A Domesticated Banana - The Cavendish A triploid derivative of Musa acuminata

  11. A Wild Banana (Musa balbisiana)

  12. The Cavendish Banana was first introduced to England from the Canary Islands but was originally from China or Viet Nam. It was cultivated in hot houses on Lord Cavendish’s estate and from there developed as the commercial crop.

  13. Polyploidy

  14. A Wild Banana (Musa balbisiana)

  15. A Domesticated Banana - The Cavendish A triploid derivative of Musa acuminata

  16. The Cavendish Banana was first introduced to England from the Canary Islands but was originally from China or Viet Nam. It was cultivated in hot houses on Lord Cavendish’s estate and from there developed as the commercial crop.

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