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Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by dTal on Thursday December 02, 2021 @02:40PM (#29421364)
>I struggle with the speciation aspect of Evolution.

You might find that pondering the existence of "ring species" proves enlightening. It turns out that "species" isn't even a well defined concept when you look closely enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species

(Also, you needn't capitalize "evolution". It's not a god :))

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Re:Some experts suggest Omicron variant may have evolved in ... by esyir on Thursday December 02, 2021 @11:49PM (#29426730)
Yep, Phylogenetic boundaries and the clades are entirely arbitrary constructs. Useful, but don't treat them as though they have absolute meaning as they're essentially a discretization of a continuous process with all the limitations henceforth.
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