Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law
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Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law
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Re: Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law
#2But way more impressive. How can a cell with a single strand of DNA 'decide' which copy of a gene is a mutation? Or do eggs just bias for sperm with more genetic differences?
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#3Re: Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law
#4Most evolutionary theorists think more like physicists and do realize every trait is selectable.
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#5Re: Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law
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#7The current evidence is inconclusive, but many obvious alternatives have been ruled out.
Re: Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law
#8Reminds me of the CS problem: write a program which prints out its own source code. But way more impressive. How can a cell with a single strand of DNA 'decide' which copy of a gene is a mutation? Or do eggs just bias for sperm with more genetic differences?
Re: Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law
#9Reminds me of the CS problem: write a program which prints out its own source code. But way more impressive. How can a cell with a single strand of DNA 'decide' which copy of a gene is a mutation? Or do eggs just bias for sperm with more genetic differences?