David Holland
Posts: 17
Joined: Oct. 2007
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| Quote (Daniel Smith @ Oct. 14 2007,10:20) | [EDIT]
Speaking of predictions, I have another one for you:
It's my hypothesis that random mutations are only neutral or deleterious - never advantageous. All advantageous mutations are non-random and are therefore experimentally repeatable and will occurr too rapidly to be random.
Therefore, I predict that anytime Acromobacter guttatus Sp. K172 is subjected to an environment where it must consume nylon to survive, the same frame shift will occur, resulting in Flavobacterium Sp. KI72.
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I want to go back to this one for a minute. Suppose I set up a vat with a bazillion Acromobacter guttatus and nylon as the primary source of carbon. If one of the bacteria developes the ability to digest nylon has your hypothesis been supported? Without numbers I can't tell.
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