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Author Topic:   Directly Observed Mutation
Steen
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Message 46 of 50 (157547)
11-09-2004 3:26 AM
Reply to: Message 26 by RustyShackelford
11-01-2004 2:26 PM


Re: micro - macro
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different species can't produce fertile offspring with one another, correct?
Except when they cause hybrids. Remember that evolution is meassured on a population-wide level, not in individuals.

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Steen
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Message 47 of 50 (157549)
11-09-2004 3:32 AM
Reply to: Message 34 by RustyShackelford
11-01-2004 2:37 PM


Re: micro - macro
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Can you give me proof that this animal's existance was caused by evolution?
Well, the nylon bug was DOCUMENTED to have a frameshift mutation that lead to completely new traits.
And another example is that of ring=species. Read this tread for details:
http://EvC Forum: Ring species as evidence for speciation -->EvC Forum: Ring species as evidence for speciation
These show direct documentation of all the changes that occured in order to evolve a new species.

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pink sasquatch
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Message 48 of 50 (157554)
11-09-2004 3:42 AM
Reply to: Message 47 by Steen
11-09-2004 3:32 AM


Re: micro - macro
Hey Steen-
I believe Rusty was suspended... so don't waste too much time on his posts...

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Wounded King
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Message 49 of 50 (157560)
11-09-2004 5:32 AM
Reply to: Message 47 by Steen
11-09-2004 3:32 AM


How well documented?
Steen writes:
Well, the nylon bug was DOCUMENTED to have a frameshift mutation that lead to completely new traits.
Is this actually the case? Certainly the Ohno (1984) paper makes a convincing argument that the existence of an alternative 400+ amino acid sequence coding ORF which would be formed by the removal of a single nucleotide which forms a termination codon in that longer ORF.
As I say, the argument is convincing but is it a documented frameshift mutation? Is there a plasmid or a gene identified in the wild corresponding to the alternative long ORF?
One site which discusses the frame-shift origin is here, I dont know if this is a site you've seen or where you got your information concerning the fame-shift from but this site is one I have often seen referenced for this claim. The site says...
Detailed examination of the DNA sequences of the original bacterium and of the nylon-ingesting version show identical versions in the gene for a key metabolic enzyme, with only one difference in over 400 nucleotides.
And yet the Ohno paper I mentioned previously says in its conclusions...
Indeed, the very basic former totally lacking Trp and Asn residues is not likely to function as an enzyme of any sort,
And produces absoloutely no comparison with any original plasmid sequence but rather a hypothetical alternative open reading frame. If this is the source of the 'Detailed examination' showing only 'one difference in over 400 nucleotides' then it is a phantasm caused by a misreading of the original paper.
I want to make clear that I have no reason to doubt that this is most likely how the nylon digesting genes have arisen, I just don't know if you could say that it is really a documented case of a frameshift mutation leading to a new trait.
It may just be that there is subsequent research of which I am unaware which has identified an ancestral form of teh gene with the alternative ORF still functional, if so I would be obliged if someone could provide it.
TTFN,
WK

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Wounded King
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Message 50 of 50 (158291)
11-11-2004 6:36 AM
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11-09-2004 5:32 AM


Nylon bug question
*Bump* I don't know how frequently Steen visits this site, I would be very interested in anyones input on this matter. Am I just not up to date or is the data on the nylon bug exaggerated, possibly because of the interpretation on the website I mentioned.
TTFN,
WK

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