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From: chrish@videovax.tv.tek.com (h)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: The persistance of homosexuality in a gene pool
Keywords: mutation
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Date: 19 Jul 90 21:39:44 GMT
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I don't want to discuss the homosexuality issue but I really want to
respond to the issue of mutation.  I am amazed at the contrast between
the biological reality of how man got to be what he is genetically
versus the level of tolerance in the personalities of man towards
mutation.  An example of what I mean is how much fun is made of a
fellow human especially by children of another who has some genetic
mutation that makes them "look funny", while at the same time there
is so little awareness of how what looks "normal" to most of us is
the result of thousands upon thousands of biological mutations.  
Without mutation we would not be here and noone would be typing at
this keyboard.

chris