[quote name='Moxio']I see what you're saying. But mutations aren't that simple. Max Delbruck showed that mutations don't arise in populations based on their needs; the mutations come from chance and the fittest survive. What I would be curious about such an experiment would be to see how the mutations would vary from how they have in history. For example, a population could overcome some obstacle through a mutation of one biological function over another.[/QUOTE]
Oh, you mean like evolve an entirely new protein to solve the same problem or something?
Yeah, that'd be pretty neat.
I would assume that some mutations (like a modification to an existing protein) are more likely than others (like a brand new protein) though.
[quote name='manthing']I have an iPhone, and I put the word 'lacking' to describe my phone.[/QUOTE]Yeah, "underwhelming" described my Blackberry Pearl. I hope I get in on that. :x
Oh, you mean like evolve an entirely new protein to solve the same problem or something?
Yeah, that'd be pretty neat.
I would assume that some mutations (like a modification to an existing protein) are more likely than others (like a brand new protein) though.
[quote name='manthing']I have an iPhone, and I put the word 'lacking' to describe my phone.[/QUOTE]Yeah, "underwhelming" described my Blackberry Pearl. I hope I get in on that. :x