Re: Darwin, Evolution, the Animal Kingdom, and Man

From: Albert (albertwagner_at_cox.net)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:15:16 -0600

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
> Albert wrote:
>
>> cantueso wrote:
>>
>>> Wolf Kirchmeir <wwolfkir@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:<BGlsd.36350$kI6.1779161@news20.bellglobal.com>...
>>>
>>>> In general, genomic variation in a species is an indicator of
>>>> possible future speciation. Humans are in a bad way in the regard -
>>>> we have very little genomic variation compared to, say, horses or
>>>> dogs. Or even chimps, although primates generally have low rates of
>>>> genomic variation. One source (can't recall details, sorry) claimed
>>>> that the genomic variation in humans is less than that among the
>>>> litter-mates of dogs -- and keep in mind that these litter mates
>>>> have the same dam and sire! IOW, we are genetically speaking all
>>>> closely related -- siblings, in fact.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> that is a nice useful finding. everybody can see the philosophical
>>> hint. it reminds us all of Genesis 1 .
>>
>>
>>
>> I didn't see it and still don't see it; And I am continually on the
>> alert for such connections. Horses and dogs have been subjected to
>> extreme artificial selection in breeding. Primates have not.
>
>
> If anything, extreme artificial selection should reduce genome
> variation. So, what's you point?

A misunderstanding of the mechanism apparently. How does
artificial selection reduce the genome variation? 

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