Releasers - Anne Kilmer couldn't possibly be more wrong!

[Xi Wang]

Well Kimura's theory only applies to neutral or silent mutations.  For mutations
which cause an obvious and significant change in phenotype, it is still natural
selection that is mainly responsible for fixing it (or not fixing it).  Kimura's
arguement was based on the idea that of all the mutations that occur, neutral
ones are the most prevalent, and so, much of the polymorphic variation seen at
the molecular level is due to maintenance of neutral mutations rather than
selection of non-neutral ones.

Cheers,
Xi Wang

Jorge Bizarro wrote:

> Well...
>
> it depends... If Kimura his right in The Neutral Theory of Genetic drift,
> either genes have the same chance to be fixed in the resulting population.
>
> Speaking of Bias ... if there is one in Biology is the
> natural_selection_mother_of_everything_it_happens. Those who have never read
> the original Kimura book on the subject, should do it [not stand-up],
> despite the numerous mathematical calculations [Science??].
>
> Jorge
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I concur.  Another issue is that releasing butterflies disturbs the
> natural
> > evolution of the local population by introducing new genes and diluting
> out the
> > current ones.  You're essentially artificially removing interbreeding
> barriers
> > between populations.
>
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