To: Michael_Michaelangelo
"Vowles and Amos estimate that as much as 30% of the genome may show evidence of convergent evolution, simply because microsatellites are so common."
So genes are converging 30% of the time, that wreaks havoc on the idea that there is enough time for the divergent species we see.
Mantra: Long ago and far away we had 99% divergent evolution, despite what we see today.
This also brings incite to the idea that married people begin to look more alike. (-|;|Þ "Americans are just a bunch of cowboys".
11 posted on
08/25/2004 10:40:49 AM PDT by
bondserv
(Alignment is critical! †)
To: bondserv
"Vowles and Amos estimate that as much as 30% of the genome may show evidence of convergent evolution, simply because microsatellites are so common." So genes are converging 30% of the time, That's not what he said, try again.
that wreaks havoc on the idea that there is enough time for the divergent species we see.
No it doesn't.
Mantra: Long ago and far away we had 99% divergent evolution, despite what we see today.
You're not making any sense -- and if you think you're accurately paraphrasing something that science actually says, you're extremely mistaken.
22 posted on
08/25/2004 10:54:28 AM PDT by
Ichneumon
("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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