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To: ndt
Microevolution IS evidence for macroevolution. What is “increasing complexity” if not a series of small changes?

Increasing complexity? Microevolution is a LOSS of information.

101 posted on 03/20/2005 1:22:52 PM PST by Terriergal (What is the meaning of life?? Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever.)
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To: Terriergal

" Increasing complexity? Microevolution is a LOSS of information."

Wrong, a mutation in the genome can be the addition, alteration or deletion of one or more base pairs.

In the case of a deletion, although the loss of a single base out of a single codon technically leaves that individual with "less DNA", it still makes them distinct in the population which is still an "increase of complexity" at the population level.


113 posted on 03/20/2005 1:31:55 PM PST by ndt
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