Comments on: Darwin, Meet Frankenstein http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Clastito http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/comment-page-1/#comment-3091 Clastito Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:45:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/#comment-3091 Isn't this more like "Goldschmidt, meet Frankenstein"? After all, the origin of new phenotypes by hybridizing species is hardly a "darwinian" evolutionary mechanism, though I ignore what the old sage said about this possibility (which he probably did not overlook) But consider the following. Most biologists, and specially evolution enthusiasts, upon looking at the differences between melpomene and cydna, would be quite willing to accept that each phenotye has evolved by natural selection. If they compared melponeme or cydna alone to heurippa, they would probably also assume that the heurippa phenotype has evolved by natural selection. Only by knowing the three species and the biogeographic reality, does the possibility emerge that the heurippa phenotype has not originated by a process directed by selection, but rather as the abrupt result of the hybridization of species. Isn’t this more like “Goldschmidt, meet Frankenstein”? After all, the origin of new phenotypes by hybridizing species is hardly a “darwinian” evolutionary mechanism, though I ignore what the old sage said about this possibility (which he probably did not overlook)
But consider the following. Most biologists, and specially evolution enthusiasts, upon looking at the differences between melpomene and cydna, would be quite willing to accept that each phenotye has evolved by natural selection. If they compared melponeme or cydna alone to heurippa, they would probably also assume that the heurippa phenotype has evolved by natural selection. Only by knowing the three species and the biogeographic reality, does the possibility emerge that the heurippa phenotype has not originated by a process directed by selection, but rather as the abrupt result of the hybridization of species.

]]> By: JMP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/comment-page-1/#comment-3090 JMP Sun, 18 Jun 2006 05:29:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/#comment-3090 Intriguing post, thanks. Intriguing post, thanks.

]]> By: RPM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/comment-page-1/#comment-3089 RPM Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:20:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/#comment-3089 <i>The researchers propose a path to the origin of species from hybrids, one that the theorists haven't thought about before.</i> Not sure what you mean by theorists, but a very <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03800" rel="nofollow">similar paper</a> (without the recreation of the hybrids, mind you) came out about a year ago. And the idea of recreating hybridized species in the lab is <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15937787&query_hl=22&itool=pubmed_docsum" rel="nofollow">nothing new</a>. The researchers propose a path to the origin of species from hybrids, one that the theorists haven’t thought about before.

Not sure what you mean by theorists, but a very similar paper (without the recreation of the hybrids, mind you) came out about a year ago. And the idea of recreating hybridized species in the lab is nothing new.

]]> By: blogs for industry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/comment-page-1/#comment-3092 blogs for industry Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:13:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/#comment-3092 <strong>Origin of a species</strong> &storyIDLots of news coverage today about a paper in Nature (subscription needed?) about butterfly speciation. Reuters headline is typical Scientists create hybrid butterfly species in lab Others use "recreate", which is more accurate in terms of ... Origin of a species

&storyIDLots of news coverage today about a paper in Nature (subscription needed?) about butterfly speciation. Reuters headline is typical
Scientists create hybrid butterfly species in lab
Others use “recreate”, which is more accurate in terms of …

]]> By: Scott Belyea http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/comment-page-1/#comment-3088 Scott Belyea Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:34:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/#comment-3088 As fascinating a post on evolution as I've seen in a while now. From my lay perspective, it's particularly interesting that the "artificial evolution" gave essentially the same result as "real evolution" first time around. As fascinating a post on evolution as I’ve seen in a while now.

From my lay perspective, it’s particularly interesting that the “artificial evolution” gave essentially the same result as “real evolution” first time around.

]]> By: Epigenetics News http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 Epigenetics News Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:21:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2006/06/14/darwin-meet-frankenstein/#comment-3087 It looks like you have a typo in the last sentence of your post. I'm not sure if you were trying to say "may well disappear" or were going to replace "may" with "will," or vice versa. Anyway, great post. It looks like you have a typo in the last sentence of your post. I’m not sure if you were trying to say “may well disappear” or were going to replace “may” with “will,” or vice versa.

Anyway, great post.

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