Study Suggests Genome Instability Hotspots

Dr. Eggman writes "Ars Technica reports on a new study that suggests not only that certain areas of the mouse genome undergo more changes, but that changes to those areas are more tolerable by the organism than changes in other areas. Recently published in Nature Genetics, the study examined the certain copy number variations of the C57Bl/6 strain in mice that have been diverging for less than 1,000 generations. The results were a surprising number of variations. While the study does not address it, Ars Technica goes on to recount suggestions that genomes evolved to the point where they work well with evolution."

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There is a reason religion is expected to mix badly with science here on slashdot. Namely because one requires evidence without faith and the other requires faith without evidence. Religious fundamentalism requires that a person believe unquestionably in a text. Some people take it way too far as to attack anything that opposes their religious views although this is generally a minority view. I will say this though, anyone who blindly opposes scientific principles in favor of their pre-conceived beliefs on the world has my complete contempt.