[Avodah] Mitochondrial DNA and the Mabul

[Ben Waxman]

The below is one of the current ideas floating around in the world of 
genetics, that there are periods when the mutation rate sky-rockets and 
long periods where it remains steady.   IIRC this hypothesis tries to 
explain the lack of transitional fossils, ie fossils which show the 
transition between the different  animal groups.

Ben

On 9/21/2012 9:36 PM, Zev Sero wrote:
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> The only answer I can think of is that the rate of mutation has not
> been steady, and the generations from Noach to Avraham experienced a
> high rate of mutation, perhaps due to cosmic ray bombardment during
> the mabul.
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