RE: The code that is DNA
December 20, 2019 at 8:05 am
(This post was last modified: December 20, 2019 at 9:10 am by John 6IX Breezy.)
(December 20, 2019 at 3:32 am)Nomad Wrote: The fact that he tries to make a distinction between "macro" and "micro" evolution is a big strawman. He is essentialy saying as stupid as "the fundamental properties and processes of an internal combustion engine chance once altered from being used in a car to being used in a motorcycle."
Macro and micro are evolutionary terms; you'll find them used in any textbook on the subject. See the following two references as well:
-Grant, P. R., and B. R. Grant. 1995. Predicting microevolutionary responses to directional selection on heritable variation. Evolution 49: 241–251.
-Futuyma, D. J., M. C. Keese, and D. J. Funk. 1995. Genetic constraints on macroevolution: The evolution of host affiliation in the leaf beetle genus Ophraella. Evolution 49: 797–809.