tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post3516360205138705350..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Extending evolutionary theory? - Douglas FutuymaLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-45587441002158534122016-09-30T23:32:33.450-04:002016-09-30T23:32:33.450-04:00Is greater important to generic drift mean its the...Is greater important to generic drift mean its the most important? An issue on this blog I think.<br />Stephen Gould complained about this guy's opposition to PE.<br />Ask him PE a important matter in evolution and if so why is it not worthy of being mentioned in summaries?<br /><br />Robert Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631863870635096770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-50293825357506200622016-09-30T15:28:10.702-04:002016-09-30T15:28:10.702-04:00I am sure Doug will also be one of the (few?) voic...I am sure Doug will also be one of the (few?) voices of sanity at the meeting. Basically he is saying here that many of the developments that people are saying require a new synthesis (named, of course, after themselves) are actually successfully being assimilated into the current theory.Joe Felsensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359126552631140000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-4525339733345413002016-09-30T14:55:43.044-04:002016-09-30T14:55:43.044-04:00I am pretty sure that unofficial pseudoscience cha...I am pretty sure that unofficial pseudoscience charts have excessive specialized jargon and dense sentence structure as high index scores. For example:<br /><br />"Whereas the classical theory had concentrated on genes and adaptive variation in populations, the extended framework emphasises the role of constructive processes, environmental induction, and systems dynamics in the evolution of organismal complexity. Single level and unilinear causation is replaced by multilevel and reciprocal causation."--Muller<br /><br />I mean, c'mon. There are such better ways to communicate this information, but the author has chosen to use nearly impenetrable jargon and prose. I don't know about other scientists, but this type of writing always sets off my BS detector.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481645265615126897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-14921612027028778642016-09-30T14:21:11.448-04:002016-09-30T14:21:11.448-04:00Wow, that is just such an awesome question dcscccc...Wow, that is just such an <i>awesome</i> question dcscccc. <br /><br />Hey Larry, pick this one! Take it to a conference, walk up to a podium and then pose it. Maybe wave your arms a bit and make a whooshing sound, then leave. Mikkel Rumraket Rasmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670550711237457368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-84111173270689922612016-09-30T12:57:28.271-04:002016-09-30T12:57:28.271-04:00I am only an interested amateur who enjoys reading...I am only an interested amateur who enjoys reading the posts here and trying to understand them. I read three of the abstracts and was, to put it mildly, dazed and confused. But I understood Futuyma's. I may be over confident in my analytical skills and knowledge, but I actually think that says something.<br />DGAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520104265481289172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-38706247209017375152016-09-30T11:47:31.203-04:002016-09-30T11:47:31.203-04:00I think that Futuyama already agrees that not all ...I think that Futuyama already agrees that not all mutations in coding regions are neutral.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481645265615126897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-11007467377734414092016-09-30T11:41:11.105-04:002016-09-30T11:41:11.105-04:00Man, are you stupid.Man, are you stupid.Faizal Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937075798809265805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-63120319703119840372016-09-30T10:52:13.574-04:002016-09-30T10:52:13.574-04:00i have an interesting question about genetic drift...i have an interesting question about genetic drift: according to evolution fly and mosquito split off about 250 my ago. fly generation is about less than one month. so even if one generation mean only 1 new mutation we will need only 10^8 month to change his entire genome. or about less than 10^7 years. so fly and mosquito are suppose to be different in about their entire genomes from each other. far from reality. so maybe most of the mutations in the coding region arent neutral?scdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00260945727618051024noreply@blogger.com