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... in order to be “correct”. No, I am not implying that there is some specification of “correctness” in evolution. I used the term “correct” as a shorthand to mean, “the mutation we are talking about, which will confer some selective advantage” – as opposed to any of the neutral or deleterious ...

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wiki says Often, the term "phenotype" is incorrectly used as a shorthand to indicate phenotypical changes observed in mutated organisms (most often in connection with knockout mice).[5] If you don't mind me asking , what reason is there for publishing ...

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Sorry for the confusion. Please disregard my use of the phrase "sexual reproduction", I was using it as shorthand for reproducing by mixing genetic material from two parents. What I am talking about is organisms that have two sets of DNA, one set from each parent, however ...

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... "In the study of early life on Earth, one name towers above the rest: LUCA. LUCA is not the name of a famous scientist in the field; it is shorthand for Last Universal Common Ancestor, a single cell that lived perhaps 3 or 4 billion years ago, and from which all life has since evolved. ...

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