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Evolution vs. De-Evolution

John E. Anderson jander at unf.edu
Mon Sep 18 11:32:58 EST 2000


"L.A. Loren" wrote:
> 
> Mutations are
> almost always bad in that they rarely lead to changes that are helpful.

Is that true?  I agree that most mutations are not helpful, but they are
not necessarily bad.  What proportion are neutral?

-- 
John E Anderson PhD
Department of Natural Sciences
University of North Florida
4567 St Johns Bluff Road South
Jacksonville FL 32224
USA

jander at unf.edu


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