[Elsie]

To say something important about the odds of evolution?

Today's Biologists: The cheetah is endangered because of lack of diversity.

Today's Evolutionist: A positive evolutionary change in an animal is limited to a VERY small number of them (like ONE!)

[HLPhat]

>>A positive evolutionary change in an animal is limited to a VERY small number of them (like ONE!)

I think if viruses were involved in the process of disseminating beneficial RNA/DNA it would more likely affect a significant portion of a local population.

[BroJoeK]

Elsie: "Today's Biologists: The cheetah is endangered because of lack of diversity.
Today's Evolutionist: A positive evolutionary change in an animal is limited to a VERY small number of them (like ONE!)"

You may know that a few genetic mutations appear in every individual, most harmless or harmful, occasionally helpful.
Whether the same mutation can appear in more than one individual in a generation is speculation, but if it's helpful that would increase the chances of survival.

As for your cheetah's, wasn't it claimed some years ago that Tiger (Woods) is a cheetah, but that's a category of species transformation I'm not familiar with.
Are you?

;-)