spdk1 said:
Smidlee said:
ManusJustus said:
Jirakon said:
Mutations do not create new genotypes. They can duplicate and play with them, but they still don't add new elements to it. And even if we use the data contained in the article mentioned in a previous post, these duplications that are assumed to add genotypes only happen a few times every million years
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Duplications are one of the many ways genes are created and/or changed.
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Of course that doesn't matter since we already learned from genetics that big differences are not due to genes. A human with spider genes will not become Spider-man that shoots web out his hand or his butt.
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To be fair, scientists have taken flourexscent genes from coral and other things to make cats, mice, and other animals glow in the dark, so a guy with spider web secretions couldn't be that far away. in fact some folks have made spider goats....here is a bad link, as I couldn't find a great source:
http://scienceray.com/biology/zoology/hybrid-spider-goats/
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I already knew about the spider DNA Goats as the goat produce the proteins (exactly what genes do) in it's milk but that a long shot from a goat shooting web out of his butt. That why I stated the "Big" differences are not due to genes and not that genes makes no difference at all.
