Define better, do you mean new species?
Where did this come from?? I didn't use the word better. We are simply talking about mutations. Which you have implied, first that they don't occur and then that they don't add new "information" (whatever you mean by that). Let's stick to one thing at a time.
Base pairs?
Maybe you'd better back up and tell me what you think a mutation is? I have a feeling you aren't ready to go further yet. What is DNA made up of? When we say there is a mutation we are saying there is some inheritable change. What do you think the change is in? What exactly has changed in your understanding of this stuff?
Are any of these mutations which occur in genes which are expressed as proteins? I think that is the question, I really dont understand the question.
There are parts of the genome that do not produce any proteins. Mutations occur there. But aren't all that interesting for our purposes are they? So I'm asking you if you think that some of the mutations occur in the parts of the genome that are actually expressed as proteins.
And yes, I am asking you if you think that mutations can actually cause the production of a different protein than the parents would have ever produced?
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Common sense isn't
[This message has been edited by NosyNed, 12-27-2003]