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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-11 11:17 AM
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4. Generally no.
Unless they're under massive selective pressure, divergence into a subspecies would require both genetic isolation (no new breeding members), and at least a couple of centuries. Even then, divergence would require that the breeding group be exposed to some sort of pressures or reproductive influences that the primary species is not exposed to. Evolution doesn't just happen, but occurs as an adaptation to an outside influence.
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