Re: Junk DNA: A hypothesis

From: Larry Moran (lamoran_at_bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:41:04 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:04:37 -0500 (EST), Tim Tyler <tim@tt1lock.org> wrote:
> Larry Moran <lamoran@bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca> wrote or quoted:
>> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:54:57 -0500 (EST),
>> Tim Tyler <tim@tt1lock.org> wrote:
>> > Larry Moran <lamoran@bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca> wrote or quoted:
>
>> >> Why would stretching out a gene by inserting introns be an adaptation?
>> >
>> > Since I don't seem to have conveyed the idea: some diagrams of three
>> > genes, A, B and C - and some junk - represented by "."s.
>> >
>> > 1) ..AAAAAAA.BBBBBBBB.CCCCCCCCCCC..
>> >
>> > 2) ......AAAAAAA...........BBBBBBBB.............CCCCCCCCCCC......
>> >
>> > Cut DNA string 1 into two pieces and there's a *high* chance
>> > of cutting one of the genes in half.
>> >
>> > Cut DNA string 2 into two pieces and there's a much *lower*
>> > chance of cutting one of the genes in half.
>>
>> First, let's make sure we understand that recombination doesn't chop
>> genes. [...]
>
> It chops alleles.

I give up.

You don't seem to be interested in learning about recombination.

Larry Moran