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Creationists are simply wrong when they claim that genetic mutations are never beneficial. Many such mutations have been observed that provide new enzymatic functions, protection against predators, and immunity against disease. Beneficial mutations are also much more commonplace than creationists make them out to be, with studies finding that 1 to 6% of mutations are advantageous. The statistics used by creationists to support an astronomically lower number come from deeply flawed analyses. Contrary to what they claim, beneficial mutations can and do increase overall fitness—in the wild and the laboratory—and such mutations accumulate over time via this little thing called "natural selection."
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References:
Barney Maddox article: icr.org/article/mutations-raw-material-for-evolution
Campbell Biology example: p. 157, Campbell Biology, Ninth Edition. Jane B. Reece et al. 2011.
Talk Origins - examples of beneficial mutations: talkorigins.org/faqs/mutations.html
Alex Williams article: creation.com/beneficial-mutations-real-or-imaginary-part-1
John C. Sanford quote: p. 26. Genetic Entropy & The Mystery Of The Genome, by John C. Sanford. 2005.
Adam Lee article -- Apo-AIM: bigthink.com/daylight-atheism/evolution-is-still-happening-beneficial-mutations-in-humans
Sarah Williams on HIV immunity: pnas.org/content/113/10/2554
EvolutionNews article: evolutionnews.org/2016/08/a_billion_genes
Sanjuán et al 2004: "The distribution of fitness effects caused by single-nucleotide substitutions in an RNA virus," by Rafael Sanjuán et al. PNAS. June 1, 2004, Vol 101, No 22. 8396–8401.
Joan Peris et al 2010: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2881140
Perfeito et al 2007: "Adaptive Mutations in Bacteria: High Rate and Small Effects," by Lília Perfeito et al. Science. 317, 813, 2007.
MacLean et al: pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a236/6187bee1f782b3a7bfc6e0f722c0d8d828cc.pdf
Anita Melnyk et al 2015: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380921
Georgia Purdom article: answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/are-there-beneficial-mutations
Creationists are simply wrong when they claim that genetic mutations are never beneficial. Many such mutations have been observed that provide new enzymatic functions, protection against predators, and immunity against disease. Beneficial mutations are also much more commonplace than creationists make them out to be, with studies finding that 1 to 6% of mutations are advantageous. The statistics used by creationists to support an astronomically lower number come from deeply flawed analyses. Contrary to what they claim, beneficial mutations can and do increase overall fitness—in the wild and the laboratory—and such mutations accumulate over time via this little thing called "natural selection."
Support my videos on Patreon!: patreon.com/askepticalhuman
Merch store!: shopaskepticalhuman.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/aSkepticalHuman
Text or audio version of this content is available on my website: askepticalhuman.com/religion/2019/9/10/debunking-creationism-mutations-are-never-beneficial
Thumbnail photos: Kaden11a/Wikimedia Commons; Clker-Free-Vector-Images/Pixabay
References:
Barney Maddox article: icr.org/article/mutations-raw-material-for-evolution
Campbell Biology example: p. 157, Campbell Biology, Ninth Edition. Jane B. Reece et al. 2011.
Talk Origins - examples of beneficial mutations: talkorigins.org/faqs/mutations.html
Alex Williams article: creation.com/beneficial-mutations-real-or-imaginary-part-1
John C. Sanford quote: p. 26. Genetic Entropy & The Mystery Of The Genome, by John C. Sanford. 2005.
Adam Lee article -- Apo-AIM: bigthink.com/daylight-atheism/evolution-is-still-happening-beneficial-mutations-in-humans
Sarah Williams on HIV immunity: pnas.org/content/113/10/2554
EvolutionNews article: evolutionnews.org/2016/08/a_billion_genes
Sanjuán et al 2004: "The distribution of fitness effects caused by single-nucleotide substitutions in an RNA virus," by Rafael Sanjuán et al. PNAS. June 1, 2004, Vol 101, No 22. 8396–8401.
Joan Peris et al 2010: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2881140
Perfeito et al 2007: "Adaptive Mutations in Bacteria: High Rate and Small Effects," by Lília Perfeito et al. Science. 317, 813, 2007.
MacLean et al: pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a236/6187bee1f782b3a7bfc6e0f722c0d8d828cc.pdf
Anita Melnyk et al 2015: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380921
Georgia Purdom article: answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/are-there-beneficial-mutations
