Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id JAA27743 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:45:08 +0100 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:28:38 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Determinism Message-ID: <20010413092838.A1002@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <F37Z2K4xDh9vXsFFsAi000021e6@hotmail.com> <3AD60367.20863.5AD028@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <3AD60367.20863.5AD028@localhost>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 07:35:03PM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 07:35:03PM -0500, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> >
> Yes, it is more likely that six-toed people will be born than six-
> headed ones, partly because the latter would not survive to
> reproduce (at least not with me! ;~)), but also partly because of
> morphological constraints.
Morphology doesn't constrain mutation any more than selection does.
Morphology doesn't even exist at the point of chromosome damage. What is
constrained is development. What survives to be born is a poor indication
of what mutated in the gonads.
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