From: Joel Pitt (joel.pitt@gmail.com)
Date: Sun May 14 2006 - 22:23:14 MDT
On 5/15/06, Edmund Schaefer <edmund.schaefer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/14/06, Mike Dougherty <msd001@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not everything has to be an adaptation. Why is having shorter DNA worth
> using selection pressure on?
>
> Also see:
> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v431/n7011/abs/nature03022.html;jsessionid=44E534991DF3D370B56BCEF769DFC9FE
>
> If large chunks of non-coding DNA can be removed and still produce a normal
> mouse, it looks doubtful they contain useful information.
As I said before, functionally adaptive at a population level rather
than at the individual level.
Joel
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