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Science rejects Abiogenesis

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Andya Primanda
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Message 35 of 40 (19195)
10-07-2002 4:18 AM 		Reply to: Message 34 by Bart007
10-06-2002 6:09 PM

Non-harmful mutation only 1 in 1000? Remold and Lenski found 12% (120 in 1000) in their studies of E. coli!
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Just a moment...
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"Beneficial mutations are generally thought to be rare but, surprisingly, at least three mutations (12%) significantly improved fitness in maltose, a resource novel to the progenitor."
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Andya Primanda
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10-07-2002 11:20 AM 		Reply to: Message 36 by mark24
10-07-2002 7:50 AM

Mark,
Don't want to ruin your fun but Remold & Lenski's studies found that the rest of the mutations seem to decrease fitness. This is their graph:
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...but the again, it doesn't matter, right?
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