You would have thought they would be better versed in the genetic basis for inheritance and speciation from the view point of reproductive isolation? Merry Xmas. 😀
I had a most enjoyable Christmas day - thanks
When it comes down to it I'm an ichthyologist, not a biologist. Genetics takes me back a long time to my student days and it annoyed the shit out of me then, some 30 years later it's fair to say I'm not as 'up on it' as I could be....
So although not a biologist, and merely a studier of fish, I had dismissed the idea that peripatric speciation had occurred due to the extent of the environment.
Sympatric speciation is probably the strongest argument
for Salmo Laidon (Benthivourous) being a new species.
But to my eyes there is insufficient evidence in the material I have read to date that sufficiently demonstrates that
Salmo Laidon (Benthivourous) is a new species, or Ferox, or Gilaroo and so on.
It's the sort of topic that would have kept Vroomfondel, Majikthise and other members of the Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries, and other professional thinking persons busy for many years in debate.
PS. Curious as to how one can claim to be a biologist and simultaneously believe in Arks? 😉
Fortunately, as I'm not a biologist, this doesn't immediately apply to me. That said, I like a good story and I don't have to believe it's true to enjoy the writers work.