RE: Darwin Proven Wrong?
September 11, 2014 at 5:55 pm
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2014 at 5:57 pm by Alex K.)
(September 11, 2014 at 4:33 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: While we're on the the topic of genes, I have a question that will admittedly probably sound naive.
When biologists talk about an "evolutionary arms-race," do they in any sense mean that otherwise generally random gene mutations somehow directly respond to the competition? Like, say, an organism develops an eye spot that would give it such a hunting advantage so as to prospectively eliminate all its competitors; in an "arms-race," would its competitors' offspring also mutate the genes necessary for the allowance of an eye spot or...? How exactly does that work?
They certainly don't say that, there's no mechanism to tell genes which mutation would have which effect anyhow. It's just nature throwing random stuff at the wall, and some sticks. The stiff competition just makes the advantage of some mutations particularly pronounced.
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