Firstly, best wishes to your friends, particularly the one who was injured. I hope she recovers quickly.
Second, on the topic of the genome heres a basic model I was shown before.
Lets say a creature has the genes A B and C, so his genetic code is simply ABC.
What you are calling adaptation is when things happen like a deletion or a switch. So AB and ACB are adaptations by that definition. Thought ABC may not be able to breed with ACB, that would be macroevolution because we have two seperate species now.
However, mutations can also occur creating combinations such as ABCD, ABD or ACBD. All of which are the same as the things you accept as microevolution but, with a single mutation that developed the D gene. I have a technical document on this kinda thing but, frankly I have to go slow to keep up with it and it won't do us any good to start translating the document here.
If anyone is feeling brave (or is good at mathematics where I am not) http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/full/156/1/297
Mutations are unexpected, and are aptly named. There are actually humans out there with a mutation that allowed them immunity to a broader range of diseases, I beleive AIDS was one of them. Not all humans have this in their genome, that's why were doing constantly blood samples of this family and trying to isolate the gene in the hopes that someday a vaccine for AIDS will be developed.
that would be the crown example for medicinal technology that exists because evolution is true. On top of everything we already have of course.
Second, on the topic of the genome heres a basic model I was shown before.
Lets say a creature has the genes A B and C, so his genetic code is simply ABC.
What you are calling adaptation is when things happen like a deletion or a switch. So AB and ACB are adaptations by that definition. Thought ABC may not be able to breed with ACB, that would be macroevolution because we have two seperate species now.
However, mutations can also occur creating combinations such as ABCD, ABD or ACBD. All of which are the same as the things you accept as microevolution but, with a single mutation that developed the D gene. I have a technical document on this kinda thing but, frankly I have to go slow to keep up with it and it won't do us any good to start translating the document here.
If anyone is feeling brave (or is good at mathematics where I am not) http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/full/156/1/297
Mutations are unexpected, and are aptly named. There are actually humans out there with a mutation that allowed them immunity to a broader range of diseases, I beleive AIDS was one of them. Not all humans have this in their genome, that's why were doing constantly blood samples of this family and trying to isolate the gene in the hopes that someday a vaccine for AIDS will be developed.
that would be the crown example for medicinal technology that exists because evolution is true. On top of everything we already have of course.
