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To: GodGunsGuts
Yes, and the means that God used to give organisms the ability to adapt to changing environments is through natural selection of genetic variation.

In the xylenase example of directed evolution a three amino acid substitution led to an enzyme that worked better at high temperature. This was accomplished by changing the nuclear DNA, thus epigenetic factors are not involved.

521 posted on 08/15/2008 4:12:52 PM PDT by allmendream (If "the New Yorker" makes a joke, and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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To: allmendream

Still waiting for that study, Allmendream. I’m citing all my sources, why can’t you do the same???

==This was accomplished by changing the nuclear DNA, thus epigenetic factors are not involve.

Actually, if you read the sources I provided, epigenetic factors have a way of speeding up rates of mutation, as well as releasing hidden variation that was (apparently) already present.


523 posted on 08/15/2008 4:15:59 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: allmendream

==Yes, and the means that God used to give organisms the ability to adapt to changing environments is through natural selection of genetic variation

Are you dropping RANDOM MUTATION from your vocabulary now?


524 posted on 08/15/2008 4:20:54 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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