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Author Topic:   The dilution of the effects of genetic mutation.
AndrewPD
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07-23-2009 11:52 AM


what prevents genetic mutations from been instantly diluted when occuring in a single representative of a species?
Does the same genetic mutation occur several times across the board in a species. Or does the one gene carrier have to reproduce numerous times?
And how does the mutated gene survive the reproduction process if the mutation provides an incompatible feature?
For instance if I developed the ability to withstand malaria but only had one child and that child only had a couple of offspring when does the feature become a predominant one across a whole species?
If all cows have have hooves than that feature was some how shared widely to create a new species with millions of members that all reproduce compatibly.

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