Mike PSS
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| Quote (ericmurphy @ Nov. 29 2006,13:51) | | Quote | | And yet here we have it in black and white ... Eric Murphy claiming that "Alleles Increase Biological Information." |
A larger number of alleles for a given locus increases the sum total of the information contained in the populations' genome. Explain to me, in detail, why this is not the case, Dave. Can you do that? No? Didn't think so. Are you claiming that a more genetically diverse population embodies less, or even the same amount, of genetic information than a population that is more homozygous? |
Eric,
I think there is one point in this discussion that needs clarification.
In most of the discussion both Dave and others are discussing point mutations on a single genome and how alleles are created/destroyed/function/etc... However, every once in a while someone makes the above statement relating to the population. The two subjects are seperate and distinct because when we talk about information we need to constrain the set (or so I'm contending right now, please correct me if I'm wrong). If we move from individuals to populations then we need to restate the premise that we're trying to discuss.
I think Dave's premise of degenerate information is even less applicable when we talk about a population instead of an individual.
Mike PSS
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