these genes is produces a highly favourable fenotype, the individual genes will prosper."
But the combination that resulted in a homosexual animal would die with that animal. If there are other beneficial charecteristics
associated with that animal, these would also be lost if the resulting animal is homosexual.
"Who are we to tell if something is desirable?"
In the case of animals we can quite easily tell. The animal invariably dies if a genetic feature is not desirable and this genetic
feature is not passed on, except when it occurs by chance. Scientists could, of course, by interfering, allow animals which would
otherwise die, to propagate.
"Maybe now we have are leaving the era that survival predominantly depended on muscle and entering the era where it depends on
brains having 2 heads will become a highly desirable mutation ..."
And if this is your yardstick, then it would be proven if two headed snakes begin to multiply in the wild. There is no chance of
this applying to homosexual animals though.
Again I cannot see the relevance of homosexual animals, to human sexuality.
-Gel
-----Original Message-----
From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes. But if it is a combination of multiple recessive genes, only the combination is removed. If a genotype with only a few of these
genes is produces a highly favourable fenotype, the individual genes will prosper.
I think that nature has answered that question.
Species where not all individual members propagate are very common and hence normal. One of the best examples being insect colonies:
only a few specimen propagate their genes (bee or ant queen and one or a few males), yet the entire colony supports the propagation
of those few. There are many more examples of species where the ratio is not that extreme as with insects.
Who are we to tell if something is desirable?
Maybe now we have are leaving the era that survival predominantly depended on muscle and entering the era where it depends on brains
having 2 heads will become a highly desirable mutation ...
Jochem
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