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Donkey

Donkey

Origin: Prob. Dun, in allusion to the colour of the animal _ a dim. Termination.

1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. Donkey engine, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes. Donkey pump, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; usually an auxiliary.

(Science: botany) Donkey's eye, the large round seed of the Mucuna pruriens, a tropical leguminous plant.


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Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

the point is what did the very first ever donkey mate with thus you have the colin leslie dean species paradox the first bird mated with the last lizardbird thus colin leslie dean paradox is meaningless nonsense

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by biohazard
Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:50 pm
 
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Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... already told you http://www.biology-online.org/biology-forum/about15986-48.html As for the paradox it cannot be solved So you are saying that a Donkey with gene A can't mate with a Donkey with mutated gene A(mA)? What if gene mA made a Donkey more fit than Donkeys with gene A. You should end ...

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by gamila
Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:53 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

So you are saying that a Donkey with gene A can't mate with a Donkey with mutated gene A(mA)? What if gene mA made a Donkey more fit than Donkeys with gene A. You should end up with a lot of Donkeys with gene mA, no? you get speciation. ...

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by gamila
Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:12 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... you can't regurgitate that species A and species B garbage. I already explained how you can get a lot of a new species. So you are saying that a Donkey with gene A can't mate with a Donkey with mutated gene A(mA)? What if gene mA made a Donkey more fit than Donkeys with gene A. You should end ...

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by papa1983
Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:51 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

So you are saying that a Donkey with gene A can't mate with a Donkey with mutated gene A(mA)? What if gene mA made a Donkey more fit than Donkeys with gene A. You should end up with a lot of Donkeys with gene mA, no? the question is really ...

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by gamila
Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:03 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox
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