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(Permalink) Posted: Jan. 18 2015,04:10   

Quote (cryptoguru @ Jan. 18 2015,03:46)
New information is new and novel genetic material that codes for new function or traits in the organism i.e. not a point mutation in a control gene that switches other pre-existing functionality off/on or a trade/inheriting of genetic material between bacteria ...NEW genetic material that codes for new function; this has never been observed.

Yes it has.  Lenski's long term experiment showed bacteria developing a new function, the ability to digest citrate.  That function was not there previously, and that new function evolved during the experiment.

I can also point to the example of the  from Japan, "Nylon digesting bacteria" which happened naturally.

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