--- title: "1 Different Species Quotes By Lee Spetner" description: "1 Different Species quotes by Lee Spetner. Plus more from Lee Spetner and more Different Species sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/lee-spetner-31842_cold-water_there-are-many-examples-where-species-sh_1789185.jpg" --- > [“There are many examples where species share common plastic traits. What appears to be convergence may just be the plastic response of the organism to its environment. Examples include the following: Limbs that protrude from an animal’s body have more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/there-are-many-examples-where-species-share-common-plastic-traits/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/lee-spetner-31842_cold-water_there-are-many-examples-where-species-sh_1789185.jpg) ## More by Lee Spetner > [“There is another kind of variation that does not involve the genome at all, and is therefore not heritable. Yet it can produce what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/there-is-another-kind-of-variation-that-does-not-involve-the-genome/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“The bradys must hold that, on the average, cumulative selection has to add a little information to the genome at each step. But of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/the-bradys-must-hold-that-on-the-average-cumulative-selection-has-to/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“To understand Darwin's work, you have to distinguish between his theory of descent and his theory of natural selection. THe full name of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/to-understand-darwin-s-work-you-have-to-distinguish-between-his/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Life is so diversified that to any statement I could make about living organisms there are exceptions. Because of the many exceptions, I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/life-is-so-diversified-that-to-any-statement-i-could-make-about/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Verbal arguments should always be suspect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/verbal-arguments-should-always-be-suspect/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Information and complexity go hand in hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/information-and-complexity-go-hand-in-hand/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“There are many examples where species share common plastic traits. What appears to be convergence may just be the plastic response of the organism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/there-are-many-examples-where-species-share-common-plastic-traits/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“A mutation that reverses the effect of a previous one (called a back mutation) could at one stroke revive a complex function that had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/a-mutation-that-reverses-the-effect-of-a-previous-one-called-a-back/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Only a minority of biologists today hold that the variation of evolution cannot be random. In this point the minority are on more solid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/only-a-minority-of-biologists-today-hold-that-the-variation-of/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Rather than say that the bacterium gained resistance to the antibiotic, we would be more correct to say that it lost its sensitivity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/rather-than-say-that-the-bacterium-gained-resistance-to-the/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Common sense says that the amazing complexity of life cannot arise out of a random process. The neo-Darwinians use clever arguments to show why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/common-sense-says-that-the-amazing-complexity-of-life-cannot-arise/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Neo-Darwinians do cite some examples of evolution they claim the NDT explains. Natural selection can indeed account for the replacement of light-colored moths with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/neo-darwinians-do-cite-some-examples-of-evolution-they-claim-the-ndt/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Dawkins talked about chance, but he didn’t calculate the chance of anything. Nor did he cite anyone who did. He just assumed that cumulative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/dawkins-talked-about-chance-but-he-didn-t-calculate-the-chance-of/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Dawkins mentioned two mechanisms: the theory of the ‘primeval soup’ and the Cairns-Smith theory. He discussed the latter in some detail. Since no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/dawkins-mentioned-two-mechanisms-the-theory-of-the-primeval-soup-and/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) > [“Dawkins’s advice shows that he didn’t understand probability. . . . Dawkins said that a creature the lives millions of years would have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/dawkins-s-advice-shows-that-he-didn-t-understand-probability-dawkins/) [Lee Spetner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-spetner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-species/lee-spetner/#itemlist", "name": "1 Different Species Quotes By Lee Spetner", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There are many examples where species share common plastic traits. What appears to be convergence may just be the plastic response of the organism to its environment. Examples include the following: Limbs that protrude from an animal’s body have more surface area per unit mass than the rest of the body. In cold weather the animal loses more heat per unit mass from these limbs than from other parts of the body. In many species the tails and legs are shorter for those living in colder climates and larger for those in warmer climates. Gulls’ wings are shorter in cold climates than in warm. Hares and foxes also have shorter ears in cold climates than in warm. Eskimos have shorter arms and legs than do people living in warmer climates. . . . Jodan’s rule: Many species of fish tend to have more vertebrae when they live in cold water than do the same species living in warm water. These differences have been shown to depend on the temperature at which the fish have been reared. What these rules show is not convergence. They show that different species adopt the same anatomical strategies when they have to cope with the same environmental conditions. We have seen that these strategies cannot come from random mutations. It is much more reasonable to say they come from environmental cues acting on the genetic program.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Spetner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-spetner/there-are-many-examples-where-species-share-common-plastic-traits/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/lee-spetner-31842_cold-water_there-are-many-examples-where-species-sh_1789185.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/lee-spetner-31842_cold-water_there-are-many-examples-where-species-sh_1789185.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/lee-spetner-31842_cold-water_there-are-many-examples-where-species-sh_1789185.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are many examples where species share common plastic traits. What appears to be convergence may just…” — Lee Spetner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-species/lee-spetner/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-species/lee-spetner/", "name": "Different Species Quotes by Lee Spetner", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-species/lee-spetner/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/lee-spetner-31842_cold-water_there-are-many-examples-where-species-sh_1789185.jpg" }, "description": "1 Different Species quotes by Lee Spetner. Plus more from Lee Spetner and more Different Species sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-species/lee-spetner/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-species/lee-spetner/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Different Species", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-species/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Lee Spetner", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-species/lee-spetner/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```