tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953644170899103489.post1342550258432634585..comments2023-12-28T17:14:24.356-08:00Comments on Monkey Trials: RAPPING EVOLUTION, WITH STANScott Hatfield . . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/00363885800131794994noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953644170899103489.post-60633343576614374612008-03-31T03:12:00.000-07:002008-03-31T03:12:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953644170899103489.post-59950600347628362152008-03-29T19:43:00.000-07:002008-03-29T19:43:00.000-07:00No idea derivative from Darwin lies deeper in our ...<I> No idea derivative from Darwin lies deeper in our minds than this: myriad <B>mutations</B>, selection sifting.</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, Stan! Great quote! And, you know what? I'm tickled to say that I am 100 percent confident that Kauffman misspoke with respect to the emphasis (mine) in the above quote.<BR/><BR/>Here's why:<BR/><BR/>Darwin and his contemporaries didn't even know what genes were,Scott Hatfield . . . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/00363885800131794994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953644170899103489.post-91449650100223844832008-03-29T16:16:00.000-07:002008-03-29T16:16:00.000-07:00Scott, thanks for the references. I can't comment ...Scott, thanks for the references. I can't comment on them right now, not enough time to study them for a day or two.<BR/><BR/>As for my references, I did give them before, and here they are again:<BR/><BR/><I>"Evolutionary Dynamics of a Natural Population"; Grant & Grant, pg 282:<BR/><BR/> "The main generating processes are mutation, which we cannot study, and introgression of genes."</I><BR/><BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com