Mystery of Ascia/Agia

António Pedro Marques · 21 Jan 2011, 22:41 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: entonio at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ant=F3nio_Pedro_Marques?=)
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:41:01 +0000
Subject: (urth) Mystery of Ascia/Agia
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Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
> 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.

D'oh, I was thinking of the idea that each region had a 'racial' type that 
would always resurface, not Dollo's law.

> 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.

But not applicable if congruent selection is halted to begin with.

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