re: Missouri Bill Would Warn Parents of Evolution Boogeyman

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Orphan genes are protein-coding genes that appear in a single species

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A pertinent note though -- our genome mapping across species is in its infancy.

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If orphan genes didnt exist, evolution could not occur.

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Total bullshite.

Regardless, the same observation applies.
Our genome mapping across species is in its infancy

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Total bullshite.

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Your lack of understanding is staggering.

If the only way new genetic information could be added was through mutation of existing functional genes, evolution could not occur. It is only in combination with gene duplication and subsequent mutation in those genes (which is how orphan genes are created) that mutations allow for evolution to be possible.

It goes like this: Species A has a gene it requires for function which is then duplicated by complex molecular processes in a sect of that species in the process of speciation. That sect then has "more" genetic info not present in Species A as a whole. The duplicated gene then mutates to become functional in a different way apart from the original gene and serves a purpose in the subsect of species A. Things like this happen many times over many generations until we have a new species B unable to breed anymore with A. Upon genetic analysis, the now functional gene that was originally a duplication product is not present in Species A or any other species and would often be impossible to connect to Species A because of extensive mutation. In the process of other species evolving from B, this mutation is lost or rendered nonfunctional and is not present in species which speciate from it.

The same process can occur without duplication and merely the mutation of existing nonfunctional genes.

Every species on the planet has at least a few unique genes because of this.

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If orphan genes didnt exist, evolution could not occur.
Total bullshite.

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Nope

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The commonly accepted model of evolution is based on duplication, rearrangement, and mutation of genes with the idea of common descent, IAW with lineage-specific genes.

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Evolution absolutely could occur (and almost certainly has) independent of orphan genes.

You have a woefully simplistic view of evolution that believes everything is in a nice neat box and anything outside of your view oft hat box is evidence against evolution.

You dont understand what orphan genes even are.

Your analysis fails in that these genes have no evolutionary homology or kinship to genes from other lineages.  How did they arise?  is the central question. Also called “taxonomically restricted genes” your attempt to confuse the issue with your simplistic erroneous examples is laughable

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They are so different that we cannot link them to any genes in other species, but that doesnt mean they just appeared out of thin air.

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They are NOT REQUISITE for evolution.

They are the very essence of evolutionary creation

See ya'll later

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I literally just explained it in great detail. This debate with serves no further purpose, you clearly have no interest in acquiring knowledge.

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Nice work, it's nice to see someone refuting magic who actually knows what he is talking about.

if you had any understanding of the issue, you would know this topic is the subject of an intense debate within the scientific community... I don't pretend to understand it... . but I understand enough to know that Rogers example was nothing more than gibberish and does not address the de Novo aspect, or sudden appearance, of new genes