A little acid... is all it takes... (Evolution)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Friday, January 31, 2014, 00:28 (3731 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129542.500?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2014-0130-GLOBAL&... > 
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> >Xeno: This directly undermines the idea that natural selection is incapable of massive, rapid changes in the development of an organism. If, given enough pressure, a bone cell can be coaxed into a neuron, or skin cell, or an eye cell... then it stands to reason that the same plasticity applies to the entire organism.
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> That may explain changes, but it does not explain the innovation of new 'designs' that would require an influx of new information.-Naw. Just takes enough variability in the genome, and while I'm getting ready to make an epic post, here's a prelude: Mutations to regulatory genes are nowhere near as deleterious as mutations to protein-coding genes. And they occur with far more frequency. So any organism that walks the path of regulatory evolution (such as ourselves) don't have to worry near as much about random errors, as those organisms that are purely protein-coded... such as bacteria.

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