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These are not random mutations but adaptation features. In the E. Coli LTEE (Long Time Experiment) still ongoing, 65 000 generations since 1988 have shown littl
by Tphi 2y ago
These are not random mutations but adaptation features.
In the E. Coli LTEE (Long Time Experiment) still ongoing, 65 000 generations since 1988 have shown little adaptations (like epigenetics) but they are still E. Coli, not another bacteria, nor another species.
- pfisch 2y agoHow do you define "species" because there are things like ring species that break the mold of basic definitions. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/a-closer-look-at-a-classic-ring-species/discovering-a-ring-species/ https://evolution.berkeley.edu/a-closer-look-at-a-classic-ri... As you go along the ring you can easily observe the creation of new species through evolution that can't breed with each other.