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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! †)
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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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