[extropy-chat] evolution again

[Spike]

Behalf Of Kevin Freels
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] evolution again


You are assuming, of course, that the penis size is regulated by a
standalone gene...
 
 
The notion of a survival cost to benefit ratio and a separate
attractiveness 
cost to benefit ratio does not require this assumption.  But let us go
on. 
 
 
> Penis size could easily be caused by genes that share control with
other features as well. Butts could be the same way. Not every phenotype
has to have it's own selection pressure. Many complex traits have
phenotypes which can ride along with others since they are all sharing
various alleles...Kevin Freels
 
 
 
Kevin I agree with this fully, but the notion of a cost to benefit ratio
still 
works, does it not?  I have a notion that we are historically on the
verge of
being able to model the entire human genome and its expression in
meat.  It will require enormous amounts of computing power to do it.
Once we get that, we will likely be able to manipulate DNA and thus
create anatomical structures the way we want to be, not the way
we are.  That would be way cool.
 
spike
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