ZeroZero
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21 minutes ago, Evomumbojumbo said:
When I read these posts regarding mutations I find it hard to believe that anyone thinks that mutations are the mechanism by which DNA coding for new anatomical structures is created.
it goes against all coding principles, garbage in, garbage out.
Then you don’t understand the theory. Natural Selection for the best adapted promotes the successful mutations. There is a lot of so called Junk DNA in the chromosomes. Though the term junk has fallen out of favour, a lot of the code does not program for changes in the organism, it may simply be redundant. There have been significant advances since The Selfish Gene was written, principally the science of Epigenetics. There is a book called Junk DNA by Nessa Carey, It’s a useful read, but things are changing really fast in the field as new statistical computational methods are used for analysis. A year is a log time in geneti
Mutation (split from The Selfish Gene Theory)
in Speculations
That’s way out of whack. I won’t engage in an Argument but treat that statement with suspicion