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To: william clark

w; Wow, there are so many misstatements of fact and false leaps of logic in your reply, I don't have time to address them all without being late for work.

Uh huh, Pot Kettle.

w;I'll focus on one, however. You claim that the processes involved in microevolution and macroevolution are exactly the same.

They are exactly the same process. The difference is that microevolution is change in allele frequency that does not result in a new species and macroevolution is accumulated microevolution that does result in a new species.

W; Nonsense. Microevolution, as observed without the "intelligent design" interference of manipulation by researchers, occurs within our lifetime and does not demonstrate favorable mutations, but rather a process of natural selection of traits that are already built into the genetic code of a species, generally asserting themselves based on environmental factors.

The above is total hogwash. Microevolution is change in allele frequency over time. Each allele that forms is a mutation. We can estimate how long a species has been in existence by how many alleles there are at each loci. Since I doubt if you have understood a word of the above, I will quit.


906 posted on 12/01/2004 2:20:39 PM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
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To: shubi

Well, since you're going to run away, you might stop by your reference library and refamiliarize yourself with the term "circular logic," since your prior post in which you accused me of it demonstrates that you don't quite understand what it is.

And did you notice the way you went from stating that the microevolutionary and macroevolutionary processes are exactly the same to pointing out the differences between them without missing a beat? Nice footwork.

Incidentally, I'm curious about your statement that you're a Christian minister. Generally speaking, that might indicate that you believe in a number of supernatural events relating to various Biblical events. If that's the case, I'm puzzled about why the Genesis account so offends you. Maybe you think God just isn't capable of pulling it off.


928 posted on 12/01/2004 4:13:58 PM PST by william clark
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To: shubi; william clark
... but rather a process of natural selection of traits that are already built into the genetic code of a species, generally asserting themselves based on environmental factors.

If this were true, introducing antibiotics to a bacteria culture would have no effect as everyone of the bacteria have the same genetic code.

However, in reality, most of the bacteria will be killed off and a few with a favorable mutation not found in their kin will survive.

930 posted on 12/01/2004 4:16:15 PM PST by Junior (FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
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