[decimon]

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[decimon]

Crossing evolution ping.

[Westbrook]

Suppose, suppose, suppose,

Assume, assume, assume

Consider, imagine, visualize

What if

Probably

Must have

Could have

Should have

May have

[freedumb2003]

Creationists who misinterpret this as somehow undermining TToE in 3...2...1...

[Ken522]

... organisms acquire genetic material "horizontally" from other organisms around them, rather than vertically from their parents or ancestors ...

That means "organisms" evolve individually while they're still alive ... which means gene structures change within the organism's lifespan ... I'm not a biologist but this doesn't sound quite right ...

[La Lydia]

Intensely interesting, and my, aren’t we stirring up trouble early in the morning!

[wendy1946]

At the root of this idea is overwhelming recent evidence for horizontal gene transfer - in which organisms acquire genetic material "horizontally" from other organisms around them, rather than vertically from their parents or ancestors.

Since around 1951 when I got old enough to eat things other than cereal and soft foods, a week has never gone by in which I didn't eat at least one piece of chicken. I mean, I should be able to fly by now, right??

[darth]

This is not news. Certain bacteria and viruses have been known to carry snippets of DNA from one host to another and splice it in.

For example, when the Ice Ages began we saw wooly rhinos, mammoths, mastodons, caribou, and other species with fur coats consisting of long guard hairs and downy undercoats. Coincidence or jumping genetic material?

[SunkenCiv]

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