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On 13 Apr 2001, at 9:28, Robin Faichney wrote:
> 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.
>
That's true, but some mutated instructions simply cannot be
morphologically carried out in gestation. In such cases, the
embryo or fetus is naturally aborted, or is stillborn.
> --
> Robin Faichney
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