Environmental

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What is the genetic mechanism that drives evolution? Perhaps we have been looking in the wrong place.
Posted on 31 Mar 2013 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have noted how in the recent past the perceived wisdom was the 1% of the human genome was responsible for what happens (the making of proteins), and the balance (99%) was "junk." Over time the amount deemed relevant has grown and... Read More

Evolution is a complex process, just ask the Transylvanian naked-neck chicken
Posted on 6 Apr 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have noted that selection factors that influence evolution can be highly variable, and sometimes surprising. It is not the simple "survival of the fitest" postulated by Darwin (who in fairness could not have known about many of the... Read More