From: Chris Taylor (christ@ebi.ac.uk)
Date: Thu 19 Feb 2004 - 12:31:59 GMT
Clarification:
> The reason I mention such drift is because, in addition to being the
> main reason why eyes go eventually in caves (selection for efficiency is
> a slightly fallacious idea here, because drift _is_ the process that
> produces the mutations that would be selected for, so drift versus
> selection against is just a matter of degree -- I think if having eyes
> was an actual hazard, things would go quicker than they would have
> anyway, by drift), it has another important consequence for EP
I meant to say that drift is a result of mutation (inter alia), as are
'mutations' (i.e. new alleles in the population derived through
mutation). Sort of a noun/verb issue. Sorry.
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Chris Taylor (christ@ebi.ac.uk)
MIAPE Project -- psidev.sf.net
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