You sir...... are talking out your arse I'm afraid. With the advent of genetics and particularly molecular genetics the theories expoused by Darwin have becaome more refined and extended, but there are certainly no movemements in the scientific community to reject them, not in the slightest. Indeed the influence of our understanding of evolution on the progress of modern molecular biology is something which is often understated.
For example, scientists regularly use our understanding of evolution in an attempt to identify elements of importance within the genetic code. By realising that selection will restrict changes on regions of function you may look to identify possible areas with functional significance. This works. But perhaps more importantly in areas where you may predict rapid evolution, such as in the immune system, these results are actualy born out in the DNA sequence.
Thats not to mention the fact that evolution can be a bit of a bastard in the day to day life of a scientist. I've got mutant yeast which die at high temperatures, this is a good thing. The only problem is that the bastards keep gaining mutations, mainly as these tend to co-incide with stronger growth phenotypes at normal temperatures. As a result I end up wasting ages because I have to go back to the original stocks to recover the temperature sensitive phenotype.
And what about anti-biotic resistance, heavy metal tolerance appearing in plants, and speciation events obserbved in human lifespans (in plants.)
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For example, scientists regularly use our understanding of evolution in an attempt to identify elements of importance within the genetic code. By realising that selection will restrict changes on regions of function you may look to identify possible areas with functional significance. This works. But perhaps more importantly in areas where you may predict rapid evolution, such as in the immune system, these results are actualy born out in the DNA sequence.
Thats not to mention the fact that evolution can be a bit of a bastard in the day to day life of a scientist. I've got mutant yeast which die at high temperatures, this is a good thing. The only problem is that the bastards keep gaining mutations, mainly as these tend to co-incide with stronger growth phenotypes at normal temperatures. As a result I end up wasting ages because I have to go back to the original stocks to recover the temperature sensitive phenotype.
And what about anti-biotic resistance, heavy metal tolerance appearing in plants, and speciation events obserbved in human lifespans (in plants.)