Variations

They are not. No predator is going to create any variations in the genome. The only thing they can do is to select for variations that would make the prey less likely to be eaten by the carp (better avoidance, bad taste,...). Those varaiations would ...

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... know that some bacterial studies can interpret selection as non directional? Selection is response to the environment and resources, leading to variations--how can a response be a driving force for completely different phenotypes which require a makeover in the genome? I understand that variation ...

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... the theories on speciation are theories. Most modern creationists do not have a problem with small speciation--which would be what Blythe called variations. But evidence for new orders or families of organisms is lacking. Assumed time is always the evolutionist defense though.

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... another island, there is only small beak finches because there is only small seeds on this island for them to eat. Thus together, there is only 2 variations. There can be no intermediates and no variation between the two finches because of their location and their available food. So any spot that ...

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... long enough to procreate considerably - perhaps even faster ;-) - and light gray white rabbits the same). Overall it does create at least two variations (extreme ends) and not just one (all black in the example). The possibility for variation is still there for a black rabbit to mate with ...

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