[Southack]

"Ohno S. (1984 Apr). Birth of a unique enzyme from an alternative reading frame of the preexisted, internally repetitious coding sequence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 81, 2421-5."

Did Ohno actually state that the alternative reading frame was due to a natural, non-intelligent process?

[Dan Day]

Did Ohno actually state that the alternative reading frame was due to a natural, non-intelligent process?

And you're introducing this irrelevant side question why, exactly?

Other than the obvious, I mean -- to distract attention from the fact that you expressed incredulousness that there might be an "intermediate gene" anywhere "in all of science", and I introduced you to the fact that there were thousands.