[js1138]

Kinda takes the random out of random, no? One would expect the same adaptation response to the same point mutation. But what directs the same point mutations to occur in regions that were identical in both heat resistant and non heat resistant critters?

What makes you think this isn't just a case of only a few kinds of mutations being useful? There are countless examples of variation not producing the outcome necessary for the survival of a species. It's called extinction.

[jwalsh07]

I think undoubtedly you are correct. Most point mutations are either neutral or harmful, the former being the dominant. But my question is not why only one path lead to the Superbowl but how the beneficial mutations duplicate in each iteration of the experiment. There is undoubtedly an answer but it has nothing to do with my being a creationist or a dreaded "anit-evolutionist".

It just hasn't been answered here yet.

[PatrickHenry]

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