Deterioration

My point is that Molecular Evolution (proven part) = genetic deterioration over time. Therefore, extrapolating that to organisms should mean starting with nearly immortal and highly adaptable (=more genetically robust) organisms and ending with organism ...

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... the manner previously indicated, more tender and more widely diffused. Nor could we check our sympathy, even at the urging of hard reason, without deterioration in the noblest part of our nature. - The Descent of Man , Chapter V Just because something is natural doesn't mean it's good.

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... prevented extinction (http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/5/887.full.pdf+html). That is actually more consistent with the observed genome deterioration over time (take Y chromosome as an example). But does it mean that new polyploid species are superior when compared to their predecessors ...

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... to please keep in mind, these examples of random mutations provide evidence of what is termed micro evolution and in a negative way at that, the deterioration of the organism. Nobody as far as I am aware denies that these changes take place. The point is do these changes lead to new species formation. ...

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... to please keep in mind, these examples of random mutations provide evidence of what is termed micro evolution and in a negative way at that, the deterioration of the organism. (Nobody as far as I am aware denies that these changes take place. The point is do these changes lead to new species ...

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