Why Evolution is True (with Dr. Jerry Coyne)
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The Benefits of a Beneficial Mutation
There is no such thing as a beneficial mutation. Most mutations are deleterious because there are random accidental changes in an organism you know. Insecticide resistance is one of them. Anytime an organism responds to a human imposed change in their environment herbicides and insecticides, poisons, and stumped into the environment. The famous case is the pepper moth that used to be white and all of a sudden the environment became black because of industrial suck.
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