Re: Evolution!!

Donald Howes (dhowes@ansc.une.edu.au)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:25:59 +1000

>And as I pointed out that if you need the same number of generations to
>alter a fruitfly that you need to go from a coyote to a wolf, then you need
>38,000 years. Lets see, 1998 - 1901 = 97 years. 97/38000 = .25 % of the
>time required. That is not much time.

There are some guys working with fruit fly here at the university were I
work, and I don't think they are just watching fruit fly reproduce to see
if they are mutated. I'm pretty sure these guys are doing some crazy
genetic fooling around, they are constantly looking a DNA and trying to do
stupid things to the flys. Like make them have a head at each end of the
body and stuff like that. I think that would have an effect on the required
number of years.

Donald

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