On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Marcus G. Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Phil Henshaw wrote: > >> We could consider the vast variation in >> canine breeds and the fact that breeding selection as an extreme form of >> epigenetics has not apparently altered the species they all belong to. >> >> > Selection from breeding would mostly be constrained genetics, i.e. a big > and a small dog could be discriminated by, say, an insulin allele, say ( > http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/316/5821/112). > However in epigenetic case we are talking about an inherited but > non-genetic change. > >> Perhaps the question is how environmental pressures and experience may >> clearly influence genetics, but be insufficient to originate the kind of >> somehow deeper genetic change that creates new forms of life. Among >> other >> things it points to a distinct difference between 'shallower' and 'deeper' >> genetic change indicating that some form of structure other than noisy >> aggregations may be present. >> >> > Seems to me that everything from epigenetic gene regulation changes to > horizontal gene transfer is happening at the bacterial level.. What is the > question? > You know, not to sound too harshly judgmental, or anything, Marcus... But: you do seem to be in direct violation of rule #2 of the FRIAM posting guidelines which, like rule #1 reads "*Second **rule of FRIAM: no one talks about specifics*." -- Doug Roberts, RTI International [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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