Re: Rapid Lizard Evolution

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> On May 1, 4:49=A0pm, Budikka666 <budik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Grrl Scientist
atwww.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientisthttp://tinyurl.com/5la6=
> lh
> > re****ts on: "five male and five female Italian wall lizards, Podarcis
> > sicula, were translocated from the islet of Pod Kopiste to the nearby
> > islet of Pod Mrcaru, both of which belong to Croatia and are located
> > in the southern Adriatic Sea"
> >
> > War erupted and scientists never got back to see the lizards until
> > relatively recently. =A0What they found was an amazing example of just
> > how fast evolution can work its wiley ways.
> >
> > Footnote to idiot creationists: Yeah, they're still lizards, and no,
> > no scientist has ever claimed they're not. =A0But what you're too
stupid
> > to grasp no matter how many times you're hit over your stupid heads
> > with it, evolution isn't just about speciation (which leads to
> > everything else) and nothing more. =A0Evolution is about change within
aas=
> e
> > gene pool. =A0That's what it's rooted in and that's how it works
itsion
> > magic.
> >
> > It really is that simple. =A0And if you cannot grasp this basic,
> > demonstrated fact, then you too are really simple.
> >
> > Budikka
> 
> REPLY:  By what mechanism or evolutionary process does new information
> become a part of the genome (which is needed for Darwinnian Evolution
> to be viable) ?

Overall?  Multiple copies of a coding gene, followed by mutation of
one of the copies.  The organism now produces two different
proteins, the original and a new variant.

In a given organism?  Acquisition of genes from other species,
most commonly via viruses.

Not to metion that after a certain level of complexity is
reached, new information is no longer necessary.  It's
not new genes any longer, it's different switch settings
(sed "evo-devo");


-- cary