Evolution in action

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Patient is treated with very powerful anti-biotics. During that time, multiple samples of the S. aureus that infect him/her are taken, and the entire genome is sequenced.

Over the treatment period, the scientists were able to observe the sequential development and carry-through of 35 point mutations, which occured alongside an increased resistance of the S. aureus to the drugs applied (shown by re-surgence of the bacterial load over time).

Evolution and drug resistance in action.

http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2007/05/22/evolution_in_action.php
 
Mr TB said:
And pleas note I never mentioned the name of Ken Hovind.
It came from a complete different source...
So you assume Babanski is definitely telling the truth?
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Yes I realize you did not mention Hovind - possibly because he is now in jail for 10 years and no longer a "good" reference? But the use of the quote is pretty much the same.

If you do a little googling you will find that Babanski was not the only person to contact the CNRS.
 
pookfuzz said:
Yes I realize you did not mention Hovind - possibly because he is now in jail for 10 years and no longer a "good" reference? But the use of the quote is pretty much the same.

If you do a little googling you will find that Babanski was not the only person to contact the CNRS.
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Mutations are sexlless to reproduce, for a creature to reproduce or hatch is required male and female really funny thing this evolution...

Maybe it is a lie that should be reported...
 
Mr TB said:
Mutations are sexlless to reproduce, for a creature to reproduce or hatch is required male and female really funny thing this evolution...

Maybe it is a lie that should be reported...
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Go for it. You would get a nobel prize if you are right.
 
Mr TB said:
Mutations are sexlless to reproduce, for a creature to reproduce or hatch is required male and female really funny thing this evolution...

Maybe it is a lie that should be reported...
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Mwahahaha! Did you never do biology at school? Ever heard of asexual reproduction?
 
Mr TB said:
Mutations are sexlless to reproduce, for a creature to reproduce or hatch is required male and female really funny thing this evolution...

Maybe it is a lie that should be reported...
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So what if it is sexless? Are you trying to say that mutations don't really exist because there are no genders involved? What does that have to do with anything? Early biochemical discoveries were made thanks to mutations. There are mutations occurring in your body all the time. Do you even know what a mutation is? Do you have any idea how nucleic acids function?

Claymore said:
Mwahahaha! Did you never do biology at school? Ever heard of asexual reproduction?
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His total lack of biology in general indicates that if he did, he did not really pay any attention. Like those kids that just go to school because they are told to do so...some people seem to like just being told what to do...
 
You said something relevant?
Differentiate between insult and opinion. If you find an opinion insulting, point it out.
 
Phrony, through your insipid and condescending posting of walls of text & assuming anyone with the intellect higher than that of a gnat would be interested , you already show you are not worthy of engaging in debate.

Your 'front-loaded' take on creationism is as much without merit as those thinking the Earth is 6,000 years old.

But to answer your specific reference:
It has long been known that some noncoding DNA has important functions. (This was known even before the phrase "junk DNA" was coined.) However, there is good evidence that much DNA has no function:

* Sections of DNA can be cut out or replaced with randomized sequences with no apparent effect on the organism (Nóbrega et al. 2004).
* Some sections of DNA are corrupted copies of functional coding DNA, but mutations in them, such as stop codons early in the sequence, show that they cannot have retained the same function as the coding copy.
* The fugu fish has a genome that is about one third as large as its close relatives.
* Mutations in functional regions of DNA show evidence of selection -- nonsilent changes occur less often that one would expect by chance. In other sections of DNA, there is no evidence that any changes are selected against.
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Mmmmmkay?

Oh, and as for the role of suboptimality, it highlights evolution as a process of trial-and-error, by implication elaborate and imperfect.
 
Phronesis said:
You said something relevant?
Differentiate between insult and opinion. If you find an opinion insulting, point it out.
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Ah...how could I forget.
Your barbed tongue is way too subtle for mere mortals to detect. :rolleyes:

Tell me, did you decide to dig up this old thread solely for the reason to get back at the others for proving agentfr wrong or simply because it gives you a golden opportunity to have a go at enigma, w1zard etc?
Tut tut Phronesis, I honesty expected better than this.
You seem to be defined by others actions and not your own.
 
Wow, you think you have a mind but ask others to define it? Interesting...

But, here ya go:
2 a : the element or complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons b : the conscious mental events and capabilities in an organism c : the organized conscious and unconscious adaptive mental activity of an organism

Also look up intentionality ;). Why not ask rwenzori, he seems to think he knows a lot more than I do. Just wish he could show why he is of that opinion... (hah, another use of the word "opinion" for you)

Now stop trolling and go back to whatever mindless hell hole you came from :D.
 
Look up intentionality? Phrony, I've been down that road with you on countless occasions and pointed out that what you accept as fact, is actually merely a philosophical concept.

Your childish insults are on a par with Good Larf's...
 
Yes yes DJ... I accept it as fact that i am the author of my own actions intentions and that I am actually able to make a difference by engaging in intentional acts. Yes yes, you have shown how these "intentions" are merely a philosophical concepts. you have not shown though how that assertion is coherent and not self-refuting though...

But DJ... as you know, that is just your silly little opinion and count as much as your insipid little insults. Now go troll somewhere else.
 
You committed thread necrophilia for the sake of having a dig at multiple posters who you tend to have personal vendettas against. Then go on to insult anyone and everyone who doesn't agree with you or points it out. Then go on to state that I'm somehow insulting you?

Fscking hell, you really are an intentional tool...
 
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