riffyraine
Registered Member
ummm... can i speak a little? thanks.
i think i kind of get valich's drift here. he just, i /think/ got confused and forgot what phenotype and genotype meant.
genotype is the genetic makeup/code for a certain trait, correct? meaning, it is found in the dna, and is subject to mutation. phenotype, on the other hand, is the MANIFESTATION or the 'decoded' form of this code. so, most of you guys are correct--mutation does not occur due to phenotypic changes because phenotypes are simply manifestations. it's comparable to a webpage: the phenotype is the page viewed from a browser while the genotype is the html that makes it appear that way. so even if you click ang type in between the text in page, it doesn't change unless you change the coding. correct?
what valich, i think, is trying to say here, is that environmental changes on an organism may possible induce mutation or adaptation. however, valich has mistaken the phenotype for... i don't know, the organism itself? this is probably due to the fact that the phenotypical change caused by the mutation is more easily observable than its corresponding genotypical change, which frankly, can be a pain in the butt to find. but then again, environment inducing mutation is not a new area here, so i don't see the point of me trying to make sense out of it again.
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(heeeeadache....)
i think i kind of get valich's drift here. he just, i /think/ got confused and forgot what phenotype and genotype meant.
genotype is the genetic makeup/code for a certain trait, correct? meaning, it is found in the dna, and is subject to mutation. phenotype, on the other hand, is the MANIFESTATION or the 'decoded' form of this code. so, most of you guys are correct--mutation does not occur due to phenotypic changes because phenotypes are simply manifestations. it's comparable to a webpage: the phenotype is the page viewed from a browser while the genotype is the html that makes it appear that way. so even if you click ang type in between the text in page, it doesn't change unless you change the coding. correct?
what valich, i think, is trying to say here, is that environmental changes on an organism may possible induce mutation or adaptation. however, valich has mistaken the phenotype for... i don't know, the organism itself? this is probably due to the fact that the phenotypical change caused by the mutation is more easily observable than its corresponding genotypical change, which frankly, can be a pain in the butt to find. but then again, environment inducing mutation is not a new area here, so i don't see the point of me trying to make sense out of it again.
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(heeeeadache....)
