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Is there any proof of beneficial mutations?

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Huntard
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09-06-2010 10:00 AM 		Reply to: Message 51 by frako
09-06-2010 9:51 AM

frako writes:
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rofl well if a gen changes in a dna strand its called mutation.
Yes, Wounded King is aware of that. In fact, it doesn't even have to be an entire gene.
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or you can go back to the bible and think to yourself god willed that gen to change.
Wounded King is not a bible thumper.
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and il say well my god willed a undetectable pink unicorn into being that unicorn then crated your god who created everything then willed that gen to change.
You could, you would be wrong though.
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What Wounded King is saying is that he wants to know if Nator having no bottom wisdom teeth is due to a mutation in her genes, or due to some other source, like something in the developmetn stage (I imagine).
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Huntard
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09-07-2010 8:10 AM 		Reply to: Message 61 by dennis780
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Re: Cause of mutation?
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Oh good, the doc is here. Please, explain how the environment did not affect which beetles would survive. I'm interested.
That's not what he said. He said that mutations weren't influenced by the environment.How you came to the conclusion that he was saying something completely different is a mystery to me.
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09-07-2010 8:29 AM 		Reply to: Message 64 by dennis780
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Re: Cause of mutation?
Everything you describe in that post is due to mutations and selection. No intelligence is required.
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09-10-2010 7:46 AM 		Reply to: Message 100 by Dogmafood
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Re: Cause of mutation?
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I find it truly astounding how successful organisms are at randomly producing a particular mutation that lends them immunity to a particular randomly appearing pathogen. The odds seem to be so incredibly high.
Since there are billions of bacteria, all of them mutating (well, not they themselves of course), the odds don't seem that high to me.
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