Originally posted by Ben:
I'm not a biologist at all; I haven't completed an introductory to biology course at all yet.
Ben, that means you has not been poisoned.
It seems to me that, if you're right, and if a species were instantly created by the simultaneous birth of fraternal twins with the same gross mutations, that there's some really clear predictions about allele frequencies in the resulting species (which would proliferate, if selected by the filter of NS, from these two "second-level" Eves)
If I am right, there are no significant differences in majority of allele frequencies. Except in cases like chromosomal translocation or chromosomal fusion, ones can see addition or deletion of many genes if comparing parental and resulted species.
I suspect many gross mutation or gross changes of genetic materials caused by viral transfers, which can add or delete a piece of chromosome instantaneously.
Study of allele frequency is not best way to detect that, proper way to do it is by sequencing whole genome.
The prediction is specifically that the allele frequencies in the parent species' population would be changed.
The allele frequencies of parent species' population will be as usual,
most of the allele frequencies of new species' population will be same as parental ones. Ones will see some new genes added in new species, some genes are gone completely.
However, a RMNS speciation model would predict nothing special, just regular drift / change rates of alleles due to population drift or selection principles.
You are right, changes of allele frequencies is just like changes of pollen density in air, it is unavoidable. RMNS has not any predictory power at all in terms of speciation. You are much smarter than ones with many year biology training.
Jianyi Zhang
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