this is soo hard!!! \nThe root of mutation comes from mutare, the Latin word for "change". If you add the noun suffix -ion to this root, what might be the word's meaning?
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Why don't you just post all of your homework questions then you can learn ABSOLUTELY nothing.\n\nWould you like fries with that??
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Sure, that's what God is. Continual evolution. Just look at the past few hundred years. Have not humans evolved with our discoveries and ways of thinking? I dont think you could just say that is made from order and chaos. It is creative. Life is creative and evolving, therefore God made evolution so humanity can continually change and improve itself.
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right on, I'm glad someone else sees some of the problems with evolutions.  Everyone else, keep in mind that this protein is just one of millions that is vital to life as we know it.  And another thing how do we know that the world is 4 billion years old?  Carbon dating?  The half life of carbon 14 is 5,730 years.  So how many half lives is that. Simply put by 4 billion years there no carbon 14 left to measure, it would have all deteriorated.  There is no way that all the life on earth could have resulted by evolution\n\nOkay to everyone above, to the person who said that scientists have created living cells from nonliving molecules, slap yourself because that is an absolute falsehood.  Next when you say that scientist created amino acids that is true but lets look closer.  There were only about 5 different amino acids that were created not all the ones that are necessary for life.  Next how were all the other cell parts (lipids, nucleic acids, carbs) formed.  Did they just appear? Scientists cannot make lipids from just the molecules needed to synthesize them.  I have a very hard time believing that all these parts were formed, in the same place (it is very hard to keep things together underwater let alone in an ocean) and somehow all came together and then replicated.  No that does not happen.  \n\nNext how did new material get added in to the gene pool? Mutation?  Well everything that we know from science (Medicine, genetics) tells us that mutation is bad.  Name one good mutation.  Not sickle cell anemia.  First of all sickle cell is only beneficial when it is in the heterozygote and so it helps protect against malaria, it also cause way more harmful symptoms than beneficial ones.  Look at what happens with people that have cystic fibrosis.  There are a few (less than 10) nucleic acid changes and it is usually fatal.  Mutation does not, repeat, DOES NOT, provide helpful change.  Another thing is how did this first cell survive?  Even the simplest cell carry out complex reactions, and processes that "Scientists" cannot explain after years of study.  In order for this "first cell" to be viable all these pathways would have to present before the cell could live.  And what about all the proteins need for DNA/RNA replication?  There are about 150 different proteins that carry out karyokinesis alone and then comes the problem of separating the DNA.  Come on do you still think that all this could have happened by chance?  \n\nNext time, do not come after creationist because you do not want to believe that there is a God.  With creation everything fits.  The more you know about biology the more you see the holes in evolution.
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a. UUACCG (U replaces T in RNA copies) \nb. AAUGGC (the opposite of the above)\nc. A codon is a code for an amino acid. ("3 letters")\nd. The code was copied wrong and therefore a mutation in this case I would say a point mutation because one letter is changed out of the code. This can cause serious problem because it changes the code for an amino acid. It substitution of a single nucleotide. If the code is different but it still codes for the same amino acid it is synonymous and does not causes prob. But if it is the non-synonymous it causes change to the specified amino acid and could lead to production of the WRONG protein or NO protein at all, which is dangerous. These cause genetic disorders such as Sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, tay-sachs.\n\nAdenine bonds with Thymine (in DNA). Adenine with Uracil in RNA. And Guanine and cytosine with each other.\n\nHope this helps :)
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"In nature, living things evolve through changes in their DNA. In an animal like a chicken, DNA from a male sperm cell and a female ovum meet and combine to form a zygote -- the first cell of a new baby chicken. This first cell divides innumerable times to form all of the cells of the complete animal. In any animal, every cell contains exactly the same DNA, and that DNA comes from the zygote. \n\nChickens evolved from non-chickens through small changes caused by the mixing of male and female DNA or by mutations to the DNA that produced the zygote. These changes and mutations only have an effect at the point where a new zygote is created. That is, two non-chickens mated and the DNA in their new zygote contained the mutation(s) that produced the first true chicken. That one zygote cell divided to produce the first true chicken. \n\nPrior to that first true chicken zygote, there were only non-chickens. The zygote cell is the only place where DNA mutations could produce a new animal, and the zygote cell is housed in the chicken's egg. So, the egg must have come first."
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Genetic information is increased by mutation of the genetic material inside an organism. Natural selection simply removes the less advantageous mutations. An increase is not necessarily an improvement but is simply an increase.\n\nDo not think of one current species becoming another, instead think about one common ancestor to both and then how the mutations occurred over million of years and generations to present very different animals.\n\nCertainly, there is a consciousness that can be applied to the selection. Genocide is a good example of somebody thinking they can direct the development of a whole species. Surely the Final Solution is evidence that humans can think in this way. It doesn't mean we should but it proves that we can.
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Maybe the tree of life is rooted to the 'nutrient soil?' What I mean is that organic compounds were thought to form before any cell. They provided the nutrients for these early cells, so my best guess is that they would be your roots.
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GOD!!! its the only reason that never changes! evolution has changed many times && no one has been able to prove evolution right. but read the bible!! theres your eyewitness
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You knowledge of English appears to be even worse than your knowledge of science, which is depressing.\n\nLook, 'fitness' in evolutionary theory refers to fitness to reproduce. Those who are fit are those who can produce offspring, NOT those who evolve.\n\nSo of course all multicellular organisms eventually die. That is the whole point. Their offspring then inherit their niche. And because fitness is defined by the number of offspring produced the fittest organisms inherit the larger share.\n\nI hope this clears up a small part of your ignorance.
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First, you need to define evolution.  You're talking about micro evolution which has no problems with Christianity.  When you start getting into macro, stellar, cosmic and chemical evolution, we've got problems.\n\nIf the ebola virus evolved, it evolved from another virus.  That is micro evolution.  Macro evolution says that that process is evidence that a virus can turn into a dog over time.  This is where you're getting into religious faith and not science.  \n\nThere are hundereds of different breeds of dogs to include wolves and foxes, etc.  Micro evolution says that all those breeds of dogs came from a common ancestor...a dog.  Again, no problem with Christianity.\nMacro evolution will say that the dogs, cats, birds, snakes, plants, blah, blah, all came from a common ancestor.  That's ludicrous and severely contradicts the bible.\n\nNow, as far as your question about before the fall of man...\nGod told Adam that if they ate of the fruit, they would die.  We know that they didn't drop dead on the spot, so what did He mean?  He meant that they would change world events to bring death into the world.\n\nThe world event that possibly changed all of this was the flood.  When man knowingly was sinful (because of Adam), God had to destroy the world (death from the sin of Adam).  Before the flood, the earth had much different living conditions than we do today.  There was the protective canopy of water around the earth that made it paradise.  It increased the oxygen and air pressure to double, it blocked UV rays and had many other benefits.  This is how people were able to live to be 900 years old.\nIt's possible that viruses and other diseases started forming after that protective canopy was gone.  Add in man's industrial chemicals and we've got a recipe for disaster.\nThere was research done with poisonous snakes.  They put the snakes in a hyperbaric chamber and pumped the air pressure to double.  The snakes came out non-poisonous.  How was the world before the flood?  We can't know for sure, but some amazing scientific research has been done on this topic.\n\nAnother possibility is that many viruses were always there, but was just recently released because we went into the rain forest and started cutting down trees.  If it was locked in its environment before and we released it, then it didn't evolve, it was discovered.\n\nYou should check out www.drdino.com and download the seminar titled "The garden of Eden".  It will explain these things in much greater detail.
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Any good college dictionary can give you the etymology of a word. A lot of scientific names come from Greek and Latin. I recommend Merriam Webster, but the Oxford Unabridged is a good source, too. But either way, expand your vocabulary. Having a good command of Greek and Latin roots will improve your spelling and give you a lot of insights into what many words in the English language mean, not just scientific terms.
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Organisms do not 'evolve' in response to changes in their environment in order to adapt to that change. Through a process called random mutation, mutant genes are constantly being produced in a small percentage of any given population. If there is no change to the environment, these mutant genes are generally less able to survive than their parent/s. However if there is a sudden or dramatic change, the mutant may be favored over the 'normal' population, because its mutant gene is compatible with the new conditions. This mutant gene now becomes the norm thus ensuring the survival of  its offspring who have inherited this gene.
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Evolution doesn't cease to exist simply because there is no need for it.  Genetic variation and mutation are always going to occur.  However, the 'natural selection' aspect of it may not be applicable.
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Word origin.\n\nEtymology &#92;Et`y*mol"o*gy&#92; (-j[y^]), n.; pl. Etymologies\n   (-j[i^]z). [L.etymologia, Gr. 'etymologi`a; 'e`tymon etymon +\n   lo`gos discourse, description: cf. F. ['e]tymologie. See\n   Etymon, and -logy.]\n   1. That branch of philological science which treats of the\n      history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive\n      significance, and changes of form and meaning.\n      [1913 Webster]\n\n   2. That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the\n      form of the words in a language; inflection.\n      [1913 Webster]
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Latest research indicates that God is energy, pure energy, and that energy makes up the particles that make up the protons, that make up the atoms, that make up the molecules, that make up everything that exists. No new matter has ever been created, only changed form from something to something else, which relates to evolution. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but rather the ones most responsive to change.\nThis energy is, by nature, like electricity, charged, and is synonymous with thought, feeling and movement. Every action has an effect on, actually is, and is created by the energy, The One Thing thing that is. When there is a build up of energy localised in an area, the cumulative effect of such a force can have dramatic effects. One of these effects is the changes is atomic structure of crystalised water when subjected to particular thoughts, words or feelings.
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Evolution is a fact. People, plants, animals, weather, land masses and bodies of water all evolve. The word evolve means to develop or achieve gradually. However, the theory that evolution and the big bang are the origin of life is not a fact, only a theory. The beginning of life and matter is the one most significant and extraordinary event of all time, so how it happened is likely to be similarly extraordinary story. The Bible does not say "Thou shalt not evolve", nor does it say that "nothing ever develops and changes", in fact it calls us to evolve - spiritually, socially, and mentally. The Bible teaches us that there is only one thing that never changes - God. Why is it easier to believe that all of a sudden everything blew up and here we were - oops! No, things happen on purpose more often than they do by accident. Especially extraordinary things. They say that a bunch of monkeys could type the works of Shakepeare if given enough time... but wouldn't it be more efficient and infinitely quicker to let Shakepeare do it on purpose? And isn't one of the basic principles of nature efficiency? (i.e. the path of least resistance) So, no I don't think it's difficult to believe that an organized and developed being created an organized and developed universe. Also... as a Christian, I do not believe that we were created to assuage God's boredom. I believe we were created to love God - by our own free will rather than by force.
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nothing but two reasons\none is genetical. you cannot change\nother is the environment . bad water,(salt water),over usage of chemicals,shampoo etc