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Does all variety proceed from degeneration?

April 26, 2017degeneration proceed variety

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Does all variety proceed from degeneration?

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Absolutely not. Most variation proceeds out of recombination, a new combination of existing genes. Only when mutations are the cause of termination or damaging of genes that are involved in the integrity of the individual (the so called essential and tolerant genes), then we talk about degeneration. (Also check the answer of the question above here and of the first question.