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Old 04-01-2008, 12:51 PM   #19 (permalink)
tirdun
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Originally Posted by Marie View Post
Mutations exsist, we lose genes
Mutations don't destroy genes. They may be advantageous, detrimental or (in most cases) do nothing. One example of a detrimental mutation is our inability to synthesize vitamin C. We share this mutation (in the exact same bit of genetic code) with other primates. In fact, a number of mammals cannot synthesize vitamin C, others have apparently lost and regained the ability. Odd bit of design, there.

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get varriants of speices like a poodle from the dog species.
If there's variation, what's to stop continued variation? Change a poodle through reprodution enough times to where it is genetically incompatible with other dogs and is it still a dog? Continue that until it looks like something else, something as far from a Labrador as a fox or bear and has it changed species yet? What stops it from being a new species anyway?

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Evolution suggest the oppsite that we somehow gain genetic information
Of course you can. Duplication is fairly common. As soon as one of those duplicates changes further, you've created new information. There are already examples of "new" genetics, bacteria that consume synthetic material (nylon, plastics) are a perfect example of new genetic function.

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creating tranisitionary species and thats just not true!
There are no real "transition" species. All species are transitions between what was and what will be. If you find a transitional fossil, it means you've found something between two species already known and adding "transitional" lets other biologists know what you think you've found.
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