Quote Originally Posted by Dannon Oneironaut View Post
I would need to see some kind of breeding program that resulted in all kinds of dogs, like chihuahuas, Saint bernards, Pit Bulls, German Shepards, all from a common ancestor, like a wolf.
First of all, I can show you the genetic relation of all living things.

Genetic Relations


+ "This tree is from an analysis of small subunit rRNA sequences sampled
from about 3,000 species from throughout the Tree of Life. The species were chosen based
on their availability, but we attempted to include most of the major groups, sampled
very roughly in proportion to the number of known species in each group (although many
groups remain over- or under-represented). The number of species
represented is approximately the square-root of the number of species thought to exist on Earth
(i.e., three thousand out of an estimated nine million species), or about 0.18% of the 1.7 million
species that have been formally described and named. "
+ http://www.zo.utexas.edu/faculty/ant...dfilesToL.html

Dogs Genetic Relation

"We used molecular markers to study genetic relationships in a diverse collection of 85 domestic dog breeds. Differences among breeds accounted for 30% of genetic variation. Microsatellite genotypes were used to correctly assign 99% of individual dogs to breeds. Phylogenetic analysis separated several breeds with ancient origins from the remaining breeds with modern European origins. We identified four genetic clusters, which predominantly contained breeds with similar geographic origin, morphology, or role in human activities. These results provide a genetic classification of dog breeds and will aid studies of the genetics of phenotypic breed differences."
+ http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/conten.../304/5674/1160

"Mitochondrial DNA control region sequences were analyzed from 162 wolves at 27 localities worldwide and from 140 domestic dogs representing 67 breeds. Sequences from both dogs and wolves showed considerable diversity and supported the hypothesis that wolves were the ancestors of dogs."
+ http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/conten...;276/5319/1687

Genetic routes producing miniature breeds that retain the proportion of the original
+ http://www.fredlanting.org/2008/07/p...rd-dog-part-1/

Evolution of Grass

I would need to see a breeding program for plants that would result in greater quantities of food for humans like corn, wheat, from normal grass.
This is misleading. There is no such thing as wild corn as it has been biologically created by man.

"The genetic structure of 35 populations of wild relatives of cultivated wheats, all collected in Syria and Lebanon, was assessed using ten isozymes. The populations consisted of diploid goat grass, Aegilops speltoides, diploid wild wheats, Triticum monococcum spp. aegilopoides and T. urartu, and tetraploid wild wheat, T. turgidum ssp. dicoccoides. The majority of the populations were polymorphic (P=0–70%) having low within-population mean genetic diversity (Hep=0.05–0.10) and relatively high within-species genetic diversity (Hes=0.14–0.31). The linkage between loci did not seem to be one of the causes for the observed polymorphism. All four species showed significant inbreeding at both the population (0.31–0.64) and species (0.77–0.96) levels, and the extent of inbreeding did not correlate with mating systems. Despite their apparent common ecological and evolutionary history, between-population or between-species level genetic identity was low (I=0.43–0.86). Among the diploid species, populations of Ae. speltoides clustered distinctly from those overlapping clusters of T. monococcum ssp. aegilopoides and T. urartu. The tetraploid species T. turgidum ssp. dicoccoides had relatively less genetic diversity (Hes=0.14) and was highly homozygous (F=0.96). The results suggest that these wild progenitors of cultivated wheats have undergone extensive local differentiation and inbreeding. We discuss the implications of our results on the management of wild wheat and goat grass populations."
+ http://www.springerlink.com/content/q9grr1chey9bgvy1/

I will have to look further into this one as I do not often read about the evolution of... grass.

If I am going to be convinced of evolution, I would need to know why some things, like many single celled organisms don't evolve at all, or stopped evolving. And things like crocodiles and sharks.
Nothing has "stopped evolving". What are you talking about? What about crocodiles and sharks..?

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