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tclambert

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48. So you're saying there could be several generations of "almost chicken" between chicken

Wed Aug 27, 2014, 11:04 PM

Aug 2014

and "not a chicken," yes? The "almost chickens" could breed with either and could be classified as either, and don't seem quite different enough to warrant their own species designation. So line-drawing may not be so clear.

Am I capturing the essence of the argument there?

Then there are donkey-horse crosses (mules), zebra-horse crosses (zorses) and zebra-donkey crosses (zedonks). Very strange since the primary species involved have different numbers of chromosomes. Horses have 64; donkeys have 63; and zebras have 32 to 46, depending on species or subspecies of zebra.

And now I'm wondering if, given the right anti-rejection drugs and an embryo implantation procedure, could a chicken could lay a duck egg?

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Neil deGrasse Tyson has settled it once and for all .....Which came first the Chicken or the Egg? [View all] Playinghardball Aug 2014 OP

Love it! Evolution!!!!! nt valerief Aug 2014 #1

A better answer is, "how do you define 'chicken'?" Scootaloo Aug 2014 #2

Order Galliformes Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #9

see Jimlup's post downthread Scootaloo Aug 2014 #15

Chicken in Spanish is Gallina; Gallinacea, Gallus. Get it? nt Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #18

whoah BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #29

Yeah, biology is amazingly fun like that! Scootaloo Aug 2014 #31

I haven't read much on biology in a while BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #37

I'm wondering about the story I read the other day rickyhall Aug 2014 #41

And (and communal insects in general) are... weird Scootaloo Aug 2014 #42

Wow! That thar is one purdy rooster. hedda_foil Aug 2014 #24

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2014 #3

Yeah, didn't we work out that answer before we were ten? muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 #4

Blasphemer!! progressoid Aug 2014 #22

Only a chicken can lay a chicken egg, though. KittyWampus Aug 2014 #5

That's precisely wrong. Igel Aug 2014 #26

Sounds like Omlettulate Conception... grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #52

That doesn't seem right. Chathamization Aug 2014 #53

K&R nt Tree-Hugger Aug 2014 #6

That's gross. n/t Yavin4 Aug 2014 #7

This also answers another important question: chollybocker Aug 2014 #8

What's the definition of "cross"? rhett o rick Aug 2014 #11

Eh, kinda but not strictly correct... jimlup Aug 2014 #10

I'll ask Superchicken when I see him. BlueJazz Aug 2014 #12

Looks to me like you are backing up his theory. If a chicken evolved from something rhett o rick Aug 2014 #13

Fair enough jimlup Aug 2014 #16

No he is correct MattBaggins Aug 2014 #17

No, actually... Scootaloo Aug 2014 #19

No actually MattBaggins Aug 2014 #23

I think you misunderstand Scootaloo Aug 2014 #25

So you're saying there could be several generations of "almost chicken" between chicken tclambert Aug 2014 #48

I would like to thank you DocMac Aug 2014 #49

That's not the definition of chicken or species mathematic Aug 2014 #20

The Creator must have created him/her/itself. Which implies the Creator is a time traveler. tclambert Aug 2014 #46

At the same time, there are numerous species that can interbreed. Igel Aug 2014 #30

So are the cacti ring species like california salamanders or arctic gulls? Scootaloo Aug 2014 #33

That's actually an antiquated definition of species. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #39

Horses, donkeys, mules. Each has a different number of chromosomes. tclambert Aug 2014 #47

Ask the same question to a Zen Master and he might say, rhett o rick Aug 2014 #14

Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. Maedhros Aug 2014 #21

Yep Aerows Aug 2014 #27

I drew that conclusion a long time ago Martin Eden Aug 2014 #28

Egg = breakfast; chicken = dinner Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #32

As a chef, i'm apalled Scootaloo Aug 2014 #34

Hey, I'm Portuguese Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #35

Well, good! Eggs are the best part of the chicken! Scootaloo Aug 2014 #36

exactly a2liberal Aug 2014 #38

If life begins at conception, why did God feel... Purrfessor Aug 2014 #40

I came to that conclusion 20 years ago Man from Pickens Aug 2014 #43

Welcome to DU underpants Aug 2014 #45

Been saying that for years underpants Aug 2014 #44

I always thought it was the rooster. Jamastiene Aug 2014 #50

I would tweak it qazplm Aug 2014 #51