re:rapid origin of genetic variation

Glenn.Morton@ORYX.COM
Fri 18 Aug 1995 14:31 CT

Jim Blake wrote:

"I think Glenn is considering an initial populaiton of only two adults. (5
independent human adults counting Noah's sons' wives)."

Jim, since you just re-subscribed to the reflector you missed the post which
started the allele ruckus. on Aug 13, in a post entitled"Glenn's book
(reviewed by..." I specifically mentioned that there could be no more than 10
alleles at any one position at the start in humans. In mice, which are
unclean, you are talking about a max of 4. I only point this out for the
record. My calculations on this problem have taken the 5 independent people
into account.
glenn