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To: Abd al-Rahiim

Sorry - I guess I wasn’t as clear as I could have been. I meant that I don’t see new and complex genetic information such as would be required to form a new protein forming through a process of random mutation + natural selection. This is because partially coding for a new protein would not provide any benefit to the organism and thus would not be supported by natural selection.


42 posted on 06/10/2007 6:15:18 PM PDT by dschapin
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To: dschapin
This is because partially coding for a new protein would not provide any benefit to the organism and thus would not be supported by natural selection.

Food for thought: Many genes can code for multiple protein products through a process called alternative splicing. Some of these alternative splicing products are abbreviated versions of a longer protein coded for by the same gene. Considering this, would you still hold to the statement above?

230 posted on 06/19/2007 12:52:23 PM PDT by ahayes ("Impenetrability! That's what I say!")
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