JC> Someone on this echo once said that a species had been bred in a
JC> laboratory somewhere, and that this species had been "evolved"[sic]
JC> into a new non-cross-fertile species.

It happens hundreds of times. It's no big deal.

JC> Could someone please cite the source of this information?
JC> Or was that just a hoax or something?

A "hoax?" How could it be a "hoax?"

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