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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (447)	8/17/2000 6:37:46 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

I don't want to dissapoint you, but I'm not Mormon, and I'm already married. Well, you disappointed me the way you spelled disapoint. Nor am I a Mormon, and no longer married either, so I'm certainly not disapointed by your other shortcomings. I'm quite sure you are a much better person than I am overall, regardless of your inability to appreciate how names can entertain... this is a field I have been studying over several years. I would look at Science, Natural History, Discovery, and Scientific American, which are some of the principal magazines I read, but I do occasionally try to go to the major sources. Yeah, that is what I was hoping for: an original, reputable source from research papers. An occasional article in a science magazine is not quite the level of probity I was thinking of! :)). The main point is just as one would expect. When a population is expanding, there is more "room" for novel genes. When the population contracts, there is selection between the genes. (Combinations are as important as individual genes for both growth and selection). You say that this is just what one would expect? Perhaps you can cite an experiment where this expectation was realized?? Where has it ever been shown that an expanding population is equivalent to creating more room for novel genes? People have been studying evolution for a long time, so it is not as if no effort has been made to create certain proofs (if you like, I can refer to some of these experimental attempts that backfired...) OK. Lets just start with any mathematically simple fact, so that we can bring permutations and combinations into the scientific picture: For a 10% increase in population, what is the expected increase in novel genes? Is it a direct proportional increase, or has is it simply not been quantified or justified by scientific method? I guess another way of looking at the question is this: What is the ratio of novel genes to ordinary genes, in any given population mix, and is it a fairly reliable constant? Or does it depend on something other than simple expansion of the gene pool?