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Author Topic:   Evolution Requires Reduction in Genetic Diversity
Omnivorous
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Message 793 of 1034 (759221)
06-09-2015 9:32 PM
Reply to: Message 786 by Faith
06-09-2015 11:04 AM


Re: There is, of course, proof of genetic stagnation
Faith writes:
The cheetah has some genetic problems but it's also a magnificent animal that doesn't show any supposed inferiority due to its genetic depletion.
You're right that the cheetah is magnificent and has some genetic problems. Otherwise, you're completely wrong.
The cheetah struggles to survive today because of those genetic problems in the context of habitat destruction and a small, scattered population. Those genetic problems include low sperm quality, further hobbling their recovery as a species to a relatively secure population size. A. bunch of scoundrels who participate in the evolution and climate change conspiracies--scientists and their activist thugs--work hard to preserve enough habitat to enable their recovery.
In the meantime, perhaps their greatest danger is genetic homogeneity--like clone-planted reforestation, one pathogen could wipe them all out.
If those scoundrels succeed, the cheetah population may again develop greater genetic diversity: the greater the diversity, the greater the possibility of a surviving, viable population in the face of climatic bottlenecks and pathogens alike.
If genetic change worked the way you claim, we'd all be dead.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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Message 801 of 1034 (759237)
06-10-2015 5:21 AM
Reply to: Message 796 by NoNukes
06-09-2015 10:34 PM


Re: Moderator Ruling
NoNukes writes:
So even if we produce two sheep that cannot mate with each other, those animals are still sheepy kind.
Probably sheepish.

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