Re: Evolution!!

Bill Payne (bpayne@voyageronline.net)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 21:34:10 -0600

Glenn R. Morton wrote:

> >With the fruit fly, they aren't trying to stay within any bounds, they are
> >trying to make it evolve into something else, using every method know to
> >induce mutations.
>
> This is not true. They are not trying to change it in an evolutionary
> manner. They use the radiation to understand genetics, and the function of
> genes. This is not the same thing as breeding a dog to be able to take out
> badgers.

Glenn,

How do you know "They are not trying to change it in an evolutionary
manner"? If they had changed a fruit fly into a falcon, then I doubt
that you would say that.

Bill