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Adding information to the genome.

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11-11-2009 8:52 AM 		Reply to: Message 197 by Kaichos Man
11-11-2009 7:26 AM

Re: Back to square one
Variation is no more the result of drift than it is of natural selection!
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Some of the patterns of variation we see in the diverse genomes of organisms are best explained by neutral drift
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Let me know when you've finished arguing with yourself.
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His statements are perfectly consistent. Variation is generated by mutations, not drift. Drift produces a pattern of what variations appear in what members of a population. Mutation produces variation, drift produces a pattern. A pattern is not a variation.
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