Darwin Proven Wrong?

[Chas]

Sorry for the double post, but I'd like a reply from sswhateverlove sometime this week.

Methylation can reduce the expression of a mutated gene by up to 70% and is environmentally influenced. You do not think this is an important variable to consider with regard to how influential natural selection based on gene mutation has been?

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You still don't understand epigenetics.

Epigenetics can determine whether you get fat or not. So, why is it that nobody, regardless of their epigenetic status, has their fat collect as a big hump on their back like camels do? Because no matter how much we alter epigenetics, we still don't have the genetics to get the fat hump on our backs. No amount of genetic markers will change a gene that we don't have in the first place.

As for my source, that would be basic college level biology text books. Do you really need me to look it up online and post a link?

As far as know, scientists have also not been able to change one species into another by mutating any particular genes, but if you have a source that conflicts I would like to see it. I find this interesting, especially when there are many species that share so many of our genes that they should be so similar, but they are not. The most significant factor that seems to be diverse amongst different species (and even within same species) is methylation/histone protein status that is "epigenomic", not "genetic".

You have a very poor, even incorrect, understanding of genetics.

"Change one species into another by mutating any particular gene" shows your utter lack of comprehension.

Methylation happens differentially across a fetus in both space and time, it is just one of the epigenetic mechanisms.