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To: decimon

Basic biology FAIL:

“The fish had somehow co-opted chlorophyll, most likely from bacteria in their food, and turned it into a vision enhancer”

Acquired traits are not inherited.

If it ain’t in the genes, it doesn’t pass to the offspring.


3 posted on 09/07/2009 5:18:35 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Blueflag

Ummm. No.
This ability to use chlorophyll acquired through their diet can be a genetic trait.


6 posted on 09/07/2009 5:32:33 AM PDT by counterpunch (In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
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