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To: muawiyah
What the flu virus is doing isn't so much "evolution" as it is something truly strange since viruses don't have sex.

Evolution doesn't require sex. It requires change in expressed DNA.

53 posted on 09/13/2006 4:35:12 PM PDT by jude24 ("I will oppose the sword if it's not wielded well, because my enemies are men like me.")
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To: jude24
Every change in DNA is not "evolutionary" in nature. However, when it comes to viruses they're more like loose code ~ like the old JCL IBM kept under continuous development ~ you could use the stuff, or not, to make jobs run. In fact, there were so many pathways to making stuff happen a certain way, the meaning of the word "language" was strained.

It's like this ~ sometimes change is effectuated by putting in a new part ~ like a new carburetor in your '57 Chevy. Sometimes you get a Corvette off the same line.

See the difference?

66 posted on 09/13/2006 4:38:51 PM PDT by muawiyah
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