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To: No-Kin-To-Monkeys
..but in reality, I don't think it means anything more than the fact that a palm tree ...

Amazing. The exact same mutation, just, happened, and by some kind of coincidence, just happened in species that were already thought to be related on anatomical grounds.

By the way, palms can produce ascorbic acid

1,910 posted on 03/25/2002 2:12:40 PM PST by Virginia-American
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To: Virginia-American
The exact same mutation, just, happened, and by some kind of coincidence, just happened in species that were already thought to be related on anatomical grounds.

I refuted that statement to you some 500 posts back. Here's the answer again since it seems you have forgotten it:

However, there is a problem with it. When we mapped the human genome, two companies did it. Only 1/5 of the genes they identified were the same. I am not sure that the chimp genome has been studied even better than man. So first of all, I am very suspicious of that statement. Secondly, that would be an example of devolution - making a species less fit. Mutations seem to do that. Thirdly, I do not know how large that gene is, but if is like most genes 500 or some base pairs long, that one mutation made it unworkable in both man and chimp is not to be wondered at. It is a slim chance, but not an impossible coincidence. Lastly, the genes of different species are never the same even if they code for the same function. That is why the sperm of one species will not impregnate another species, why the blood of one species cannot be used on another species, why the legs of one species are not the same as those of another species, etc.

1,972 posted on 03/25/2002 9:55:26 PM PST by gore3000
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