Ratio of Deleterious Mutations to Beneficial Ones

Are you talking about the kinds of mutations that occur in the body but not the reproductive cells or both or what?How are they selected against?ABE: Since we're all guessing, my guess would be that in some sense the vast majority are deleterious but not severe enough to be selected against and those mutations are going to get passed on along with all the other alleles, and any deleterious effects are going to show up generations later.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

It's all guesswork, isn't it? Seems to me I've seen threads where it's been affirmed by evolutionists that the vast majority of mutations are deleterious, and I've seen everything else. Estimate this, estimate that. You guys really don't know.

By miscarriage I guess?

The problem is that many deleterious mutations are NOT selected out; they produce genetic disease that a person may simply have to live with. If the disease is horrible enough then the person will suffer for years and eventually die of it. Is that what is meant by "selection?"

I use the basic concepts, not the mathematics, and I'm not interested in learning any of the sciences to that extent, it would just be a waste of time. I take what makes sense on my model.ABE: But since you changed the subject, let me repeat the post you were ostensibly answering but didn't: Lotta guesswork, nothing really solid is known about mutations.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.