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To: Mazeman
Don't be a dope; get a dictionary.

Mutation - any change in the DNA of an organism...beneficial mutations may increase in the population due to natural selection...

Evolution - the gradual process of genetic change that occurs in populations of organisms...

excerpted from the "Dictionary of Modern Biology", 1997, ISBN 0-8120-9516-2

Natural Selection = Evolution

39 posted on 11/17/2005 10:53:35 PM PST by Aracelis
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To: Aracelis

"Don't be a dope; get a dictionary.

Mutation - any change in the DNA of an organism...beneficial mutations may increase in the population due to natural selection...

Evolution - the gradual process of genetic change that occurs in populations of organisms..."

I'm not sure what this proves. I agree with both definitions, sort of. These defintions, though, inject a hint of Darwinism, but I'll grant them.
I agree DNA changes occur (mutation).
I'll agree that the above is a definition of evolution.
Does the dictionary tell you that one results in the other?
And could you look up species while you're at it?


45 posted on 11/17/2005 11:03:08 PM PST by Mazeman
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