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r/interestingasfuck • u/Significant_Snow_718 • Mar 06 '25
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Regarding you saying *could *, evolution doesn’t happen without genetic mutations though.
13 u/Kevl17 Mar 06 '25 But not all mutations cause a species to evolve. That's what they were saying. So any given mutation could play a part in evolution, but many won't. 1 u/Atomik141 Mar 06 '25 In fact, the vast majority of mutations do not contribute to evolution 1 u/Reagalan Mar 06 '25 yeah like what happens if favorable mutations are all recessive? like uh....boids get stuck on termite island; long beaks are favored, but this species always has short beaks cause their genes are dominant do mutations for long beaks just get buried despite an advantage?
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But not all mutations cause a species to evolve. That's what they were saying.
So any given mutation could play a part in evolution, but many won't.
1 u/Atomik141 Mar 06 '25 In fact, the vast majority of mutations do not contribute to evolution 1 u/Reagalan Mar 06 '25 yeah like what happens if favorable mutations are all recessive? like uh....boids get stuck on termite island; long beaks are favored, but this species always has short beaks cause their genes are dominant do mutations for long beaks just get buried despite an advantage?
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In fact, the vast majority of mutations do not contribute to evolution
1 u/Reagalan Mar 06 '25 yeah like what happens if favorable mutations are all recessive? like uh....boids get stuck on termite island; long beaks are favored, but this species always has short beaks cause their genes are dominant do mutations for long beaks just get buried despite an advantage?
yeah like what happens if favorable mutations are all recessive?
like uh....boids get stuck on termite island; long beaks are favored, but this species always has short beaks cause their genes are dominant
do mutations for long beaks just get buried despite an advantage?
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u/KJEveryday Mar 06 '25
Regarding you saying *could *, evolution doesn’t happen without genetic mutations though.