Re: What about the Neo-Lamarkism idea ?

I am not saying that this theory is new... I just want a good and clever
discussion about the ideas implied in this phenomena that B. McClintick
called "Genome Response to genomic Shock".
If you prefer, waht about the use/idea of Transposable elements as tools for
a very fast and large evolution within an host genome ?


"Tim Tyler" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Francois Sabot <francois.sabot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote or quoted:
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>> As far as we known, the general accepted theory about evolution is the
>> Darwinian evolution, based on natural selection of the most adaptated
>> individuals. Lamarck had previously proposed the theory of adaptation,
>> where
>> the individuals adapt themselves to the environment change.
>>
>> So, in Lamarck, there is a "shock" (genomic, genetic, environement,
>> pathogenesis), and then the individuals change to adapt.
>> In Darwin, there are mutations, then a "shock", and only individuals with
>> the right genomic combination can survive.
>>
>> This is a basic definition, but which could be suitable for my purpose.
>>
>> During the last 10 years, more and more analyses on genomic shocks mainly
>> had shown that there are a lot of modifications induced by the shock
>> itself.
>> This has lead to the so-called "neo-lamarkism" theory, ie that some
>> genetic
>> elements (mainly transposable elements) are able to change the genomic
>> environment and the genic/genomic combinations of an individual to allow
>> it
>> to survive in case of a very large shock. We can also explain this by the
>> following sentence: "As we will die, why not attemp to change ourselves
>> higly quickly to find a new possibility of survival?"
>>
>> What about your comments and ideas about this theory ?
>
> I thought that "neo-Lamarckism" dated back to 1885 - and meant this:
>
> ``The theory, based on Lamarckism, that response to environmental
> influence can be inherited and transmitted through the action of
> natural selection.''
>
> - http://www.answers.com/topic/neo-lamarckism
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