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<blockquote data-quote="njdriver" data-source="post: 2678345" data-attributes="member: 4596">Darn that 30 minute time limit to edit posts!In your example about dogs above, what you are describing is not evolution, or even literally natural selection. Rather it is the purposeful combining of dominant and recessive genetic codes by breeders or geneticists to come up with a potential new BREED of dog, NOT A NEW ANIMAL SPECIES.Very over simplified example:Dog 1 has the following genetic code, AA Bb cC DDDog 2 has the following genetic code, aA BB CC dDWhen they mate, there is a transfer of genetic material between the dogs which results in a new combination (LOSS) of information such as Aa bb Cc dd. This new code might change the color of hair, or the length, or size or weight of the dog, BUT IT IS STILL A DOG. IT WILL ALWAYS BE A DOG, IT WILL NEVER BECOME ANYTHING BUT A DOG!That is not evolution. It is mutation.Mutation ALWAYS results in a LOSS of genetic material, not an increase of it, AND, an increase is exactly what would have to occur for Darwin&#039;s theory to be valid. You even allude to it in your virus example.When a virus mutates, although it might well become a more virulent strain, it still results in a loss of information, and IT IS STILL A VIRUS. It will never become a person or an animal.So, maybe it is YOU who are being unreasonable. Maybe it is YOU who needs to open your mind and examine an opposing viewpoint instead of being so quick to cast aspersions or denigrate someone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="njdriver, post: 2678345, member: 4596"] [SIZE=2]Darn that 30 minute time limit to edit posts![/SIZE] In your example about dogs above, what you are describing is not evolution, or even literally natural selection. Rather it is the purposeful combining of dominant and recessive genetic codes by breeders or geneticists to come up with a potential new BREED of dog, NOT A NEW ANIMAL SPECIES. Very over simplified example: Dog 1 has the following genetic code, AA Bb cC DD Dog 2 has the following genetic code, aA BB CC dD When they mate, there is a transfer of genetic material between the dogs which results in a new combination (LOSS) of information such as Aa bb Cc dd. This new code might change the color of hair, or the length, or size or weight of the dog, BUT IT IS STILL A DOG. IT WILL ALWAYS BE A DOG, IT WILL NEVER BECOME ANYTHING BUT A DOG! [B]That is not evolution. It is mutation.[/B] [B]Mutation ALWAYS results in a LOSS of genetic material, not an increase of it[/B], AND, an increase is exactly what would have to occur for Darwin's theory to be valid. You even allude to it in your virus example. When a virus mutates, although it might well become a more virulent strain, it still results in a loss of information, and IT IS STILL A VIRUS. It will never become a person or an animal. So, maybe it is YOU who are being unreasonable. Maybe it is YOU who needs to open your mind and examine an opposing viewpoint instead of being so quick to cast aspersions or denigrate someone. [/QUOTE]

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