Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Evolution -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (37607)	6/19/2013 4:58:51 PM
From: 2MAR$	1 Recommendation Recommended By Solon Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Nonsense & denial of reality is your trademark ? That will win many minds over to your cause . Your statement is false & completely out of touch, user comments are universal now worldwide on the net, only your tiny creationist anti science website refuses free discussion. Amazon started setting the standard for reviews & user comments which has been followed on by almost every news & business site , every Social network on the planet that allows for user interaction now, how far into right wing never never land have you atrophied? ( even religious, philosophical or relationship sites)

To: Brumar89 who wrote (37607)	6/19/2013 9:47:16 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Even Mormons have chat capability, plus they even go one better, you get to speak with a real live missionary Christian (compliments of an ad on stockcharts.com) Chat with a Mormon mormon.org!3737!3!24031402695!!stockcharts.com!d!!&ef_id=UXdrtgAAAaYXaE56:20130620013004:s Very "Christian" & open of them wouldn't you say? True Christianity at work, or maybe you'd disagree & claim their information is flawed? They probably don't have much to say about mutationism & evolutionary genetics, still everything you need to know about Jesus Christ & Christianity! Since we know Joseph Smith got his information directly from the source angel Moroni who must be very close to the Creator? Whatever works? Long as you testify & have a song in your heart? So many Creators so little time? ;o)

To: Brumar89 who wrote (37607)	6/19/2013 9:54:03 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

Mutation Driven Evolution Back in the late 1980's, I read Molecular Evolutionary Genetics by Masatoshi Nei. He introduced me to the concept that the history of life is driven by mutation and that the old-fashioned view of mutationism needs to be looked at more carefully. A decade later, Arlin Stoltzfus took up the cause and he has published a number of papers on the topic. If you want to read more about mutationism then you can't find a better source than the series of posts by Arlin on Sandwalk from 2010. The last one, The Mutationism Myth VI: Back to the Future, contains links to all of the others. Be warned, it will be hard to resist the idea of mutationism after you read Arlin's explanation. It will hurt your brain. I just learned that Masatoshi Nei is about to publish a new book called Mutation-Driven Evolution. Here's the description on Amazon ... Theme MutationThe purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is mutation, with natural selection being of only secondary importance. The word 'mutation' is used to describe any kind of change in DNA such as nucleotide substitution, gene duplication/deletion, chromosomal change, and genome duplication. A brief history of the principal evolutionary theories (Darwinism, mutationism, neo-Darwinism, and neo-mutationism) that preceded the theory of mutation-driven evolution is also presented in the context of the last 150 years of research. However, the core of the book is concerned with recent studies of genomics and the molecular basis of phenotypic evolution, and their relevance to mutation-driven evolution. In contrast to neo-Darwinism, mutation-driven evolution is capable of explaining real examples of evolution such as the evolution of olfactory receptors, sex-determination in animals, and the general scheme of hybrid sterility. In this sense the theory proposed is more realistic than its predecessors, and gives a more logical explanation of various evolutionary events. Mutation-Driven Evolution is suitable for graduate level students as well as professional researchers (both empiricists and theoreticians) in the fields of molecular evolution and population genetics. It assumes that the readers are acquainted with basic knowledge of genetics and molecular biology.