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Human Evolution - Speciation

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Message 28 of 39 (160375)
11-17-2004 5:45 AM 		Reply to: Message 27 by wormjitsu
11-17-2004 5:06 AM

What do you mean? Are you talking about mutation in first generation or mutation in second generation? First generation means Scott suddenly gains an extra chromosome from working 23 hours a day in an alien slave labor camp. Second generation is when Scott remains normal but for some darn reason Scott Junior gains an extra chromosome.
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Anyhow, the answer is no to either case. I'm not talking about gaining an extra chromosome. I'm talking about mutation in general. Any kind of mutation that is observed is a result of randomness not physical exersion.
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However, slavery might result in artificial selection that would result in certain characteristics appearing more frequently than normal. For example, if Scott happens to be big and strong, Scott's master would certainly send him off to mate with Sarah, April, Christine, and a whole bunch of other female slaves so Scott's master could have more slaves that are big and strong like Scott.
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11-17-2004 10:13 PM 		Reply to: Message 29 by wormjitsu
11-17-2004 8:37 PM

wormjitsu writes:
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So other than random mutations, natural selection is the only other way you will see genetic changes in the overall slave class.
Well... it's somewhat complicated. There are some environmental influence that would cause an increase in the likelyhood of mutation taking place. Take the Chornobyl incident, for example. There were a lot of children that were born without spines, arms, legs, and lots of other abnormalities. I don't know if you would call that mutation, DNA damage, or just interuptions during fetal developmental stages.
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11-18-2004 1:07 PM 		Reply to: Message 31 by wormjitsu
11-18-2004 4:53 AM

Dude, just google it.
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11-18-2004 4:07 PM 		Reply to: Message 33 by NosyNed
11-18-2004 1:18 PM

Re: Chernobyl
Hahaha. Sorry about that. My only excuse is I don't speak Russian.
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