Something you overlooked.

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Something you overlooked.

Lee — 3/1/2008 6:28:59 AM (archived)

Most arctic creatures have fur that varies in color by season.It'll be brown during the warmer months then turn white in the Winter. The genes that control the pigment color are being influenced by environmental conditions. Some sort of biofeedback mechanism is at play.

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What if Evolution is wrong? - ER - 3/1/2008 1:08:21 AM
- Life's like that. - podrock - 3/2/2008 9:34:47 PM
- habitats move during ice ages, they don't disappear and reappear - pwokenyaw - 3/2/2008 12:13:24 AM
  - yup - podrock - 3/2/2008 10:04:39 PM
- Nothing in your statement suggests evolution is wrong - sawyer - 3/1/2008 4:28:50 PM
- So many traits, so much time, so many circumstances ! - Raoul - 3/1/2008 11:01:33 AM
  - I'm a supporter of the ID hypothesis...But Humanists for illogical reasons are repulsed by the idea. (n/t) - Jacob - 3/1/2008 6:59:18 PM
    - About Humanism: The Amsterdam Declaration - Raoul - 3/2/2008 10:19:14 AM
    - Just who are these humanists, anyway? I don't know any. - ER - 3/1/2008 8:57:16 PM
- re: What if Evolution is wrong? - TB - 3/1/2008 3:49:06 AM
  - Switching on hidden genes? Chromosomal editing. - ER - 3/1/2008 4:06:20 PM
    - re: Switching on hidden genes? Chromosomal editing. - TB - 3/1/2008 11:34:28 PM
- re: What if Evolution is wrong? - alcaray - 3/1/2008 3:42:46 AM
  - Cradles of Civilzation and mankind - carl - 3/1/2008 3:12:55 PM
- It would be hard to call it "wrong". The driver is a puzzlement. - Bowser - 3/1/2008 2:23:28 AM
  - DNA is not just storage and transcription media. - ER - 3/1/2008 4:09:32 AM
    - Precisely! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/1/2008 6:45:16 AM
  - Traits and genes are hard to correlate - Adam - 3/1/2008 3:28:59 AM
    - One gene at a time - ER - 3/1/2008 4:38:02 AM
      - Something you overlooked. - Lee - 3/1/2008 6:28:59 AM
      - re: One gene at a time - Marcia - 3/1/2008 5:10:18 AM
        
        Problem is... - Adam - 3/3/2008 8:40:32 AM
- Evolution isn't random mutations. - Lee - 3/1/2008 1:48:27 AM
- re: What if Evolution is wrong? - phil - 3/1/2008 1:23:31 AM
  - re: What if Evolution is wrong? - Marcia - 3/1/2008 3:07:31 AM
    - re: What if Evolution is wrong? - Phil - 3/1/2008 2:35:47 PM
      - Science and religion - ER - 3/1/2008 4:18:13 PM
        
        re: Science and religion - gbaikie - 3/2/2008 2:35:21 AM
        
        re: Just out of curiosity. - Johannes - 3/1/2008 6:43:08 PM
        
        We've already had this discussion, Johannes. - ER - 3/1/2008 9:11:00 PM
        
        re: Now that you reminded me - Johannes - 3/2/2008 3:04:11 AM

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