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<blockquote data-quote="cotjones" data-source="post: 7665649" data-attributes="member: 573988">Mantis, tl;drI glanced, and saw nothing that wasn&#039;t raw conjecture that could be contradicted by evidence.If you&#039;d like me to address specific points please give them to me one or 2 at a time, I don&#039;t have time to write a book.Example, your author says that mutations have been induced in fruit flies and most are negative. DUH! I told you that. Population genetics eliminates the majority of the negative mutations that occur, but not the positive ones. Increasing the rate of mutations doesn&#039;t ensure faster evolution. Sometimes it can simply insure more mutation and death. X-rays are not a selective factor (unless you become immune to them, lol)&nbsp; A selecting factor would be that if color of flies was black, and a species of bird is introduced that is unable to see red. Red will win out over the other color. Red is a mutation. Flies that have that mutation will be more likely to reproduce and pass it on Simple.I&#039;ll debate topics, not books. that&#039;s silly</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cotjones, post: 7665649, member: 573988"] Mantis, tl;dr I glanced, and saw nothing that wasn't raw conjecture that could be contradicted by evidence. If you'd like me to address specific points please give them to me one or 2 at a time, I don't have time to write a book. Example, your author says that mutations have been induced in fruit flies and most are negative. DUH! I told you that. Population genetics eliminates the majority of the negative mutations that occur, but not the positive ones. Increasing the rate of mutations doesn't ensure faster evolution. Sometimes it can simply insure more mutation and death. X-rays are not a selective factor (unless you become immune to them, lol) A selecting factor would be that if color of flies was black, and a species of bird is introduced that is unable to see red. Red will win out over the other color. Red is a mutation. Flies that have that mutation will be more likely to reproduce and pass it on Simple. I'll debate topics, not books. that's silly [/QUOTE]

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