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To: fishtank

I would like to know how genes control body plan. Such as shape and size. I think this is a big problem for conventional evolutionary theory.


5 posted on 05/05/2014 10:56:21 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: reasonisfaith
"Such as shape and size"

You might be talking about convergent evolution, as opposed to divergent evolution.

Different species will converge on a shape.

One species of Lemurs, one species of marsupials, and cats have converged on the cat shape.

Birds(Penguins), mammals(seals, etc), and fish have converged on a fish shape

Sharks and dolphins have converged on a shape

16 posted on 05/05/2014 11:21:41 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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