"Anon."  wrote 

> > > Yes, as we're talking about the theory.  I believe that this theory
> > > provides a good model of what happens in the real world, but I'm not
> > > going to confuse a theory with the real world.
> > 
> > Good, then GD, by your own admission, is a theoretical construct that
> > does nor represent the real world.  This is exactly my point.
> > 
> No, it is a theoretical construct that (we hope) DOES represent the real
> world.

Fair enough.

> > > In that case, yes, they are samples.  The process of passing
on genes is
> > > a sampling process, as Mendel found out.
> > 
> > Maybe you are again saying that you are defining it as a sample and
> > that the fact that it is not a sample in reality has to do with your
> > proposition that the current paradigm is a theoretical construct that
> > does nor represent the real world.
> > 
> > [moderator's query: Jim, are you arguing that production of offspring
> > does NOT in any way constitute sampling of P1 DNA? - JAH]

I won't equivocate: yes, they are replications thereof, not samples.

[moderator's note: I will have to fire up a newsreader to post
a response to this; it is clearly wrong. After all, 50% of
parental DNA does not make it into the zygote every single
time; how is this NOT sampling? Are you confused about the 
nature of diploid organisms with haploid gametes? - JAH]


Jim
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