[Dark Knight]

Gee RWP,
I heard a clone had a different fur color than it's clone donee.

Genetics is where real science is, as far as biology is concerned.

>>I'm presuming you mean evolution here. A NS prediction will be that any new antiobiotic will eventually result in a mutant population of bacteria resistant to the antibiotic. <<
Which antibiotic and why? What is the mechanism? Crappy and undefined prediction yields crappy and undefined results.

>>An evolutionary prediction: the chimpanzee genome will be published this summer. I haven't seen it yet. Most genes will be very close in sequence to human genes; a fair number will be identical; very few will be closer to non-primate genes than human genes, and none will be closer to invertebrate genes than human genes. There will also be no more similarities to furry medium sized animals than can be expected from their phylogenies, despite any superficial similarities of niche or appearance. There will be a close relationship between the layouts of the genes on the chromosomes of humans and chimps, barring one break of a single chromosome into two. <<

Which genes and why? What are the functions of those genes that you are predicting and why are you predicting them in particular?

I am very glad you are retreating into the genetic science part of biology. After all, I have been very clear, that I "believe" genetics will be the science that really explains evolution. Not NS.

Hail the god of Bacteria!!!
DK

[Right Wing Professor]

Which antibiotic and why? What is the mechanism? Crappy and undefined prediction yields crappy and undefined results.

Any antibiotic, by any mechanism. There's enough of a range of possibilities in the proteome that something, by some mechanism, will allow differential survival of part of the population, and that's all you need.

Which genes and why? What are the functions of those genes that you are predicting and why are you predicting them in particular?

You want more prediction? OK. The ribosomal proteins, which code for the organelle which does protein translation, will have a very small number of differences with humans; possibly even zero. Essential respiratory enzymes will be almost as conserved. I expect limited but important differences in some developmental genes; particularly those for brain development. Non-coding regions of the genome will have a much higher rate of mutation.

I am very glad you are retreating into the genetic science part of biology.

There is no retreat. The science of evolution is now centered in population genetics and molecular biology. If you had gotten any closer to the literature than 'Science News' you'd know that.