Animals with deleterious mutations were less likely to breed and pass on their mutations. This is a sort of differential reproduction but at the organismal level. It is foolish to speak of natural selection at the genetic level, but at the organismal level, it makes more sense.
Category: Biology
Examples of Evolution Debunked Pt3
We are continuing our series debunking supposed examples of evolution featured in a list that contains outright lies, misrepresentations and … More
Examples of Evolution Debunked Pt2
We continue to debunk a list of supposed examples of evolution. This list is layman accessible and is thus dangerous, particularly since it defines evolution as “change over time”, which is fundamentally incorrect. If all evolution was, was change over time, I’d be an evolutionist.
Gene Duplications and Evolutionary Novelty
Gene duplications have been postulated to be a source of evolutionarily novel functions. When gene duplications occur, several outcomes are … More
