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Darwinism, not mutationism, explains the design of organisms.

Progress in biophysics and molecular biology - 1 Apr 2013

Gardner Andy

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Shapiro claims that advances in molecular genetics have undermined Darwinism, leading him to advocate mutationism. However, this extreme view is bourne out of conceptual error. He has misunderstood the distinction between gradualism and saltationism, which do not concern the rate of genetic change, but rather the emergence of complex design. And he has misunderstood the relationship between the dynamics of...

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PMID: 23000353
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2012.08.012

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