Originally Posted by Ringman
Well, gentlemen, then according to what you are saying the difference breeds of dogs are evolving?
Sure. We directed their selection. One species often "breeds" for specific characteristics in another.

How do you think we got flowers with segments near their sex organs that look like female wasps, for example? The wasp species bred for this characteristic gradually over millions of years.

Those flowers that produce segments near their reproductive organs looking most like a female wasp tended to get a horny male wasp to mount it, thus getting pollen on himself, which is transferred to another flower that looks the same and, presto, the flowers with segments near their reproductive organs that look most like a female wasp tend most to reproduce and pass on that characteristic to the next generation.

We call flowers with this particular characteristic a different species from its close cousins lacking this particular characteristic.