Re: OT: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)
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On 03/15/07 09:21, Kent West wrote:
> Mark Kent wrote:
>> Which is the whole point, isn't it. The only important grouping here is
>> that which can breed. Those which die off can *no longer* breed, so the
>> improvement is in the *next generation* which have fewer of the
>> defective or no longer useful gene/genetic characteristics.
> Bingo!! The extinction event resulted in "fewer ... gene/genetic
> characteristics".
>
> In order to develop "high-speed, high-maneuverability ducks with armored
> protection on their skulls", you need the addition of new gene/genetic
> characteristics.
Or recessive genes that (anthropomorphizing at bit) never got to
express themselves.
> That's all I've been trying to say: an extinction event wipes out genes;
> it does not automatically create new ones.
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