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Joel
Kontinen
Darwinists are hailing the Chernobyl frogs' rapid evolution, It brings to mind the peppered moth. ,
The peppered moth (Biston betularia) is one of the most famous icons of evolution that Darwinists have treasured since the Victorian times. Darwinian evolution would be in big trouble without mutation.
A paper
published in Nature in 2016 examined the genetic changes that made the
peppered moth famous. Dr Ilik Saccheri, at the University of Liverpool, one of
the co-authors of the study, believes that a mutation occurred in a transposable element (TE or
transposon) probably in 1819, helping the moth to adapt to a darker industrial
world.
While the darker moths were better able to survive
in cities, the lighter variety did not die out, and since the 1960s, their
numbers have increased considerably, as the air in urban centres has become
cleaner.
Evolution needs change and this requires mutations that are like typos in a blog post
Typos seldom improve a post.
The nuclear accident in Fukushima shows why
mutations are no friends of the evolutionist. They have damaged the
butterflies’ wings.
Natural selection cannot make use of such mutations.
So this it what live science
says of the matter. "Eastern tree frogs with high concentrations of the dark
pigment melanin in their skin were more likely to survive the Chernobyl nuclear disaster than their highlighter-yellow counterparts, a
recent study suggests. The frogs' dark skin may have helped protect them from
the damaging effects of radiation. Today, frog populations within the
radioactive contamination zone are significantly darker than those outside the
zone. "
Source:
Lanese, Nicoletta; . 2022, 12 wild and wondrous animal facts we learned in 2022 Live Science 27 December
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