Evolutionary Adaptation

What is the code for legs?

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Well, it's just that I could define "kind" in a similar way and say that it is a group of animals with some common characteristics. But that wouldn't cut it in science.

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That's because there is no such thing as a "Biblical kind", in the way creationists (ab)use the term. The word "kind" is used in the Bible the same way we use it today: "What 'kind' of dog is that?" or "What 'kind' of ice-cream do you like?" It doesn't imply any fixed barrier at all.

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Sorry, I'm not far enough progressed in science to know the exact genetic code for each body part. But I do know enough that it is there in me. There is code for everything of a creature, in it's DNA. Maybe someone else here can tell us. What is the genetic code for legs?But that wouldn't matter for our case here. The fact is the genetic code of a creature only has that code for body parts, tissues, cells, organs, and systems of that particular creature.

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No, you could define it that way - it's just not very useful. I mean, every living organism shares certain characteristics - DNA genetics, protein-based enzyme chemistry, adaptation of population through evolutionary mechanisms - which, in your conception, would lead to the conclusion that all living organisms are in the same kind. Which, if you consider a kind to be "the group of all organisms decended from a common shared ancestor", as some creationists do, that's true.The definition of species I've just laid out - called the Biological Species Concept - is the definition used in science. Determining if two organisms are members of the same reproductive community is, of course, not a trivial problem, especially if they're both dead. But in most cases its obvious if two organisms are part of the same reproductive community, like, if they were mating with each other when you observed them in the wild.

Possibly. It's probably more like what you said above than a taxon level. So I can't really define "kind."

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The code is altered during meiosis. That step where the information is taken from the parents? Sometimes new information is added, through mutation.

Why not?What prevents it from happening? What is the stopping mechanism?

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And since you do not know genetic code for body parts, just how do you know that is true?

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Actually we find that's not true. Often the genetic code of a creature contains not just the information for the body parts that it has, but for body parts, tissues, cells, organs, and systems that it used to have, previously in its evolutionary history.For instance, human beings can't manufacture Vitamin C. That's why we have to ingest it to survive. But we have the gene to do it, only it's in a deactivated state. Our evolutionary ancestors were able to synthesize that vitamin, and we inherited the gene, only it's got a stop codon somewhere in the middle, so it doesn't work.

To Someone who cares:The barrier is the genetic code ...? Sorry if I'm being rude, but none of what you wrote makes sense. Do you actually know what the genetic code is? And could you define "information" in a biological context please? Are you familiar with "gene duplication" by the way? Do you understand that evolution is a slow, gradual process (stuff like limbs would evolve over long periods of time)?Creationists don't believe in evolution, they believe in creationism last time I checked . Scientists accept evolution as the best scientific explanation for the diversity of life on Earth. Edited by Isana Kadeb, : No reason given.

If you would like I can set up a new thread just for you and one other participant, a mentor, that can help step you through some of the basics of the Theory of Evolution. If you would like that, just let me know and I will try to get it set up for you. That way you would not be facing a whole herd of folk at one time.

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All this suggests is that you don't know the first thing about developmental biology. I could show you a number of genes specifically, though not necessarily exclusively, expressed in the legs which are also expressed in the fins, so at least part of the 'code' for legs is there.This whole post is nothing but pure asserion, do you think you could actually support any of these claims with evidence? Even one?TTFN,WK

if i were to take your post, and change it one letter at a time, could i ever make it say something different? duplication errors are a fairly regular occurance. in fact, i think you will find that humans quite regularly have a whole extra chromosome.XYY syndrome - Wikipedia
Klinefelter syndrome - Wikipedia
Trisomy X - Wikipediathat's a whole extra copy of a chromosome, not just an extra gene. except, of course, for the fish that do have legs.

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I'm going to do what arachnophilia suggested he could do, but I will change ten letters at a time.Original post: Mutated post:
It's nat loke thire as a mechanism for it, to stop a monkey from evolving into a human, or a reptile from evolving into a bird. It is the genetic code of an organism. The code is "preset" when the organism is born. There is code for only the traits and organs and tissues of that organism. Ne new cove can be added to the genetic code of an organism to make it evolvedinto a different kind of organism. It cannot happen. It never hzs. It never will. That fish over there will never have code added to it, naturally, to make it start evolving legs or parts of them os something. It's not going to happin.Oh, and I'm counting the spaces in this "genetic" code, so those are liable to change also.ABE: after screwing up several times (because there is no undo button online), I'm just going to show you the final change.The theory of evolution is one of the greatest scientific truths uncovered by man. It is a natural account of how the diversity of life came about. The theory’s basic mechanism is natural selection, and this determines how “fit” an organism is to its environment. “Fit”ness is a measure of reproductive success”the more offspring you have, the “fitter” you are. Keep in mind, this is a bare-bones definition, and does not reach the full complexity of what natural selection is. In other words, if you are better adapted to your environment, then you will most likely have more offspring. This pattern will continue.This is a total of 621 characters including spaces, yours was 603. I was going to change it by a hundred per generation, so it would only cover six generations (arachs initial plan would take 603, my first 61). This message is also a completely different kind (sort of like your reptile to bird thing). It moves from against evolution to for evolution--the other side of the spectrum, and as such a complete change outside of kind. Also, there is a addition of information, something you claim can't happen. And guess what, it's using the same letters.Edited by kuresu, : No reason given.

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