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To: js1138

"It really doesn't matter what is selected for or what the selector is. The process is the same. The genes of individuals that do not breed become less common in the population."

The difference is that when people are deliberately breeding for characteristics, they can become more common even though they confer less survival value.


308 posted on 11/21/2005 2:22:34 AM PST by dsc
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To: dsc
The difference is that when people are deliberately breeding for characteristics, they can become more common even though they confer less survival value.

Survival value is whatever contributes to an individual's reproductive success. It isn't inherent in the form.

320 posted on 11/21/2005 4:42:45 AM PST by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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