[What exactly do genes do, then? What function do they serve? You could start with a consideration of the ~130 genes known to play a role in color. (Any why mutations in those genes alter color.)]
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Genes are the reason why everything changes, you idiot. There are no "resorts" with evolutionary pressure, organisms simply adapt or perish... and no, they don't decide whether they adapt or not.
So, if you concentrate really hard, you could turn yourself black?
I wonder if there's a stupidity gene...
Go on, Supersport, claim that Nobel Prize now!!!
And again: Real Life =/= BIOSHOCK
Actually an organism and all of its properties is/are determined by how its DNA interacts with its environment, so I agree that DNA is not the be all and end all of biology. But you cannot willfully change your genetic code (well, maybe if you exposed yourself to some nasty radioactive compounds). DNA does not resort to mutation, it just happens depending on the type of environment you find yourself in. The body does have repair mechanisms in place to prevent mutation as much as possible but it is error prone and not 100% efficient. And so mutations do creep into the genome which results in the change of the organism, thus evolution!
So with other words, a transsexual person just has to wish very hard to become a person of the other gender, to make the Y-Chromosome of all of his cells be instantly transformed into another x-Chromosome and he himself mutating into a woman without the need for a gender reassignment chirurgy (or the other way round for a female to male transsexual)?
Fascinating, show me examples for such a thing happening
:D
@#973610; so how do you explain genetic variance in a population, if not by mutation? (and don't give me none o' that recombination jive either)
"Genes are followers in evolutionary change"...Supersport is wrong about the mechanism, but at least he recognizes the veracity of evolutionary theory (snap!).
Clearly, not a person who ever paid attention in science class. Probably snuck a Bible into his textbook (or, because the Bible's a bit large, maybe a couple Chick Tracts), somewhat like a kid who puts a comic book into his English primer so he doesn't have to read boring shit, except in this case Supersport prefers his shit.
Hey Sport-O, please step away from the science.
Seriously, how could you make such an asinine statement?
"well I'm not going to play like I know all the functions of genes"
Could've fooled me. You don't have the first clue. You may as well quit now because "The organism is not defined or controlled by its DNA" is exactly opposite the truth. Even much of your behavior is produced by your genes, and you have genes that help with learned behavior too. I think your head would explode if you took a little molecular biology.
Oh shut up, sparky. You believe in projecting eye beams!
How can one person be so wrong about everything?
Genes are a map, like an identity card that says what WE are. So, yes, you don´t know ANY of the function of genes.
"well I'm not going to play like I know all the functions of genes"
And that is where you should have stopped.
Normally, I would pass off this moron just an average stupid fundie. But then I learned supersport has over 15 pages of fundie quotes.
Crick of Watson and Crick (discoverers of DNA) is doing somersaults in his grave...and since Watson is alive, thank goodness he doesn't have to read this crap or else he'd wish he would find this guy and rearrange his DNA in supersport's face with his fist.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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