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Can random mutations cause an increase in information in the genome?

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02-14-2006 4:07 PM 		Reply to: Message 118 by Percy
02-14-2006 3:56 PM

OT: qu?
If our message set consisted of the words of the english language spelled out using the 26 letters, then anytime a "Q" was received it would be known that the next letter is "U", and so no information is actually communicated by transmitting the "U"
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Hey, Percy, ya typin' on a qwerty keyboard or a Dvorak?
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List of English words containing Q not followed by U (admittedly essentailly all borrowed from other languages).
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Carry on, nothing more to see here.
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