"Most genetic mutations are neutral, not fatal or debilitating. Most of the remaining mutations are deleterious, though not necessarily fatal. A few are beneficial. Mutations that are neutral or beneficial tend to be passed along to the next generation."
-- Bulldog redux
"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
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