Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk
Whoops! My bad!!



As you say, natural selection is small changes in a direction based on the environment.

And a small change in one direction over a long timeframe leads to a large change.

Some small mutations can have a massive effect on an organism. For example, if a STOP codon is removed, the DNA is read past a certain point, which can lead to many new protiens being created. Depending on what they are the result can be startling e.g. Albinos.

Or nothing may be seen on looking. Lots of mutations to the "junk" DNA can do nothing (although the term "junk" is being debated as it might be that we just don't know the function yet). Or there may be 5 copies of a gene and the chance stops one from working, so the other 4 just plough on.

Anyway, it's bloody late, and I'm going to have to turn in. c ya later

I enjoyed talking with you, I hope you will think about what I have said, about Creationism and Christianity, as you know I will always think about the facts of science and Evolution.