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1) First, a post from the past<\/strong>: “Black” & white twins again<\/a>.<\/p> 2) Weird search query of the week<\/strong>: “buff chimpanzee.”<\/p> 3) Comment of the week<\/strong>, in response to The evolution of man is no cartoon<\/a>:<\/p> I think the confounding notion here is that changes to the DNA which don’t affect a protein’s amino acid sequence are selectively neutral. It’s endemic, and yet there are several very obvious counterexamples.<\/i><\/p> True. But as a first approximation, it is still a reasonable practice. For every 1000 amino acid changes one will find A LOT more functional effects than for every 1000 silent mutations. Keep in mind that your argument can be taken in reverse, too: there are some obvious examples where amino acid change does not result in a detectable change of properties.<\/p><\/blockquote> 4) And finally, your weekly fluff fix<\/strong>: 1) First, a post from the past: “Black” & white twins again. 2) Weird search query of the week: “buff chimpanzee.”3) Comment of the week, in response to The evolution of man is no cartoon:I think the confounding notion here … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/962c7_grey.jpg\")
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