Mystery of Ascia/Agia

Gerry Quinn · 21 Jan 2011, 20:43 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:43:09 -0000
Subject: (urth) Mystery of Ascia/Agia
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From: "Ant?nio Pedro Marques" <entonio at gmail.com>
> Gerry Quinn wrote (21-01-2011 20:10):

>> It would be foolish to take a law such as Dollo's as an absolute in any
>> case - but it is a pretty solid general prediction if the conventional
>> theory of evolution is valid.
>
> Not really, since our species is not known for being dependent on 
> biological adapation to the environment in the same way the others are.

That doesn't so far affect the applicability of Dollo.  Dollo's Law is about 
effects stemming from the interaction between the basic genetic mechanisms 
of heritability of traits, and selection by whatever means. Unless we change 
the actual mechanisms, e.g. by directly engineering genes, Dollo's Law will 
remain valid.

- Gerry Quinn

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