[StJacques]

" . . . As evidence I assert the randomness pillar in the equation random mutation + natural selection > species stands defeated because regulatory control genes are not mutable. . . ."

Regulatory genes are mutable. Please reference the following study:

Mutation of gene-proximal regulatory elements disrupts human -, -, and -globin expression in yeast artificial chromosome transgenic mice

Note: this is a second posting of my response. In my first one above I left out the url for the link. Sorry.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the link! I just scanned it briefly and will read it in more detail later.

I am looking for information on the natural (as opposed to laboratory-induced) mutability of developmental regulatory control genes. It has been some time since I last researched this subject, but as I recall the gathering wealth of genetic information suggests that nonmutability of such (in nature) is the reason why such things as eyeness develop concurrently over many phyla in the geological record.

[Alamo-Girl]

Here's a quickie article on the point I was trying to make:

How the Eye got its Brain