Why aren’t there multiple trees of life? Afterall if abiogenesis is such a slam dunk, it should have occurred multiple times.

[rossum]

Median gene length - Human Homo sapiens - BNID 111026

bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu

That is gene length, not protein length. They are different. First, a gene is at least three times as long as the protein it codes for, and second you have to allow for introns, which are removed before assembling the protein.

 

[SavedByTheLord]

There are about a 100 mutations in your own genome. Gene sequences that you have not inherited from either parent. Didn't you know that? You really need to go to school.

A mutation is not a gene and Alleles are not genes.

 

[rossum]

A mutation is not a gene and Alleles are not genes.

A mutation can be smaller than a gene or include multiple genes, all the way up to a whole genome duplication mutation, which doubles the number of genes.

An allele is a gene. Humans have alleles for blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes and so on. All of those alleles are genes. They have to be, otherwise our eyes would not form properly if a gene was missing.

You need to learn more about genetics SBTL.

 

[SavedByTheLord]

A mutation can be smaller than a gene or include multiple genes, all the way up to a whole genome duplication mutation, which doubles the number of genes.

An allele is a gene. Humans have alleles for blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes and so on. All of those alleles are genes. They have to be, otherwise our eyes would not form properly if a gene was missing.

You need to learn more about genetics SBTL.

So where are these slowly mutated partially developed genes?
Can you show any at all?
Genes are typically about 20,000 nucleotides.
Can you walk through the first 50 mutations of a copied and modified gene?

 

[rossum]

So where are these slowly mutated partially developed genes?

Spread through the population. You could do a DNA test on a few million people to look for duplicated genes.

Genes are typically about 20,000 nucleotides.

That is better. Previously you said "20,000 aminos" (post #17) which was wrong, as I pointed out. Nucleotides are not amino acids.

 

[SavedByTheLord]

Spread through the population. You could do a DNA test on a few million people to look for duplicated genes.


That is better. Previously you said "20,000 aminos" (post #17) which was wrong, as I pointed out. Nucleotides are not amino acids.

Thanks for the correction,
I should have said nucleotides in post #17.