molecular genetic evidence for a multipurpose genome

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Do you think the cheetah has less genetic information from its pre-bottleneck parent population, yes or no. If no, give us your definition of genetic information that leads you to reach such an amazing conclusion.

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My lack of biology knowledge usually causes me to stay totally clear of discussions pertaining to genetics, but I'll take a bit of a stab at this one.It certainly seems that the current cheetah population has less genetic diversity that that of "pre-bottleneck". I personally can't seem to see a direct correlation between "increased diversity" and "increased information". In either case, there is the information required to breed another cheetah.Just a random, what the hey type thought.Moose

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What I said is that the cheetah has clearly lost genetic information from its pre-bottleneck parent population. For example, we know the cheetah has a deteriorated immune system and it is likely it has lost some gene segments (via crossover) and thus potential antibodies. This is clearly a loss of information, no way around it.

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I know that I'm in way over my head, as far as discussing genetics, so I won't pursue this much.To me, it seems that Fred has made a valid and interesting point in the above quoted. How the cheetah situation fits into the bigger question of organic evolution is perhaps now the question.Moose