Re: Rapid Lizard Evolution

On Fri, 2 May 2008 19:07:34 -0700 (PDT), "IlBeBauck@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On May 2, 1:15 pm, c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Cary Kittrell) wrote:
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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"
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>> > > 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.
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>> > > 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.
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>> > > It really is that simple. =A0And if you cannot grasp this basic,
>> > > demonstrated fact, then you too are really simple.
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>> > > Budikka
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>> > 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) ?
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>> 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.
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>> In a given organism?  Acquisition of genes from other species,
>> most commonly via viruses.
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>> 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");
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>REPLY:   > REPLY:  That is quite remarkable indeed.  Has any
>scientist(s)  calculated the chances that new life forms came about by
>this mutated process ?   thanks.

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The changes in life forms are known to occur through variation.