Contender's Edge (@ContendersEdge)

@[email protected] @CynicalBroadcast Let us think about what the term "insertion" implies. It always applies an external act does it not? That is why, based upon what the term "insertion mutation" sounds like, in order for that to be possible, an external force would have to be responsible. But if an insertion mutation is merely, as you say, a defect, than no new information is really being introduced but what is happening is that an error or corruption of present information within the genetic blue print is taking place, and external forces can have a part in that (i.e. babies have been known to suffer deformities due to narcotics or alcohol being introduced into the mother's system; external forces that can cause errors and corruption within the genetic blue print of the baby which then can lead to deformities and other health-related issues.) But we will never witness anything like a dog giving birth to a horse or a sheep and vice versa except by an act of arcane science because the genetic information that would be needed for something like that to happen just is not there. That is why dogs will always produce dogs and horses will always produce horses. We will never witness anything in between being produced by either one.