Posted on 11/24/2006 9:48:22 AM PST by neverdem
Genetic breakthrough that reveals the differences between humans
"Geneticists have generally assumed".
Geneticists have generally assumed...................
says it all.
Viva le differance.
Not this article from news@nature. Since it blows Mendelian genetics out of the water, it can't be posted enough. Did any link the actual article from Nature, i.e. the first link in comment# 1?
"Since it blows Mendelian genetics out of the water..."
Can you please explain what this means? I have been tutoring a student in science and her course includes a section on DNA and how characteristics are passed to offspring. I find the topic very interesting but I don't fully understand this myself so perhaps you could help me out a bit.
Can I explain what I took as a course for a semester in college decades ago? I don't think so. It explained inherited characteristics such as blue eyes or red hair by getting a copy of a recessive gene from each parent. It's a complicated subject. Perform a search on the term Mendelian Genetics. Here's one link that seems OK. Mendel's First Law of Genetics
Tell that to Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, and the author of "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief."
It does NOT blow Mendelian Genetics out of the water.
It just means there is more variability than thought before.
Besides a lot of the "Human Genome Sequence" was taken from a group of people in Buffalo , NY.
DNA samples were taken from a group of people and pooled. This was then used in one of the two methods used to sequence the genome. The scientist who collected the DNA worked at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo. The DNA was pooled, so no one race or ethnic group's traits were considered as the "standard".
That's quite an understatement.
Doesn't surprise me. After all, we are "fearfully, wonderfully made".
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Fascinating. Thanks the post/links. Thanks to all contributors.
Agree that people should be respectful, and at least listen and know what other people believe in terms of origins, and the scientific evidence used to back it up. Disagree with Mr. Ross, though.
I guess all that scientists are admitting that they really know only a very small part of all that there is to know.
Thanks for the link.
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