painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
Some major flaws here....
1) There is no "Cancer gene"... there are alleles of particular genes that can make you more prone to develop cancer as you age.
2) Cancer isn't just genetic... you have alleles that make you more prone to get cancer, but that doesn't mean that you have a 100% chance of developing cancer.
now about mistakes about Natural Selection....
1) Natural Selection doesn't mean that "bad genes" get removed from the population... it means that genes that prevent an individual from surviving long enough to reproduce are rare in the population.
2) "Bad genes" is mistaken idea anyway as many genes that may be dangerous in some situations are beneficial in others... for example Sickle Cell gene.
3) Natural Selection doesn't mean that eventually living things become perfect... it means that over time they change to adapt to their situation.
The best examples of Natural Selection in humans are the spread of the Lactose tolerance alleles and the spread of the Blue Eyes allele. All of these started with a single individual and have spread through the population due to their different selective advantages and characteristics. But there are lot's of other examples in humans.
So, no... just saying "cancer is bad therefore natural selection is wrong" doesn't work.
wa:do
1) There is no "Cancer gene"... there are alleles of particular genes that can make you more prone to develop cancer as you age.
2) Cancer isn't just genetic... you have alleles that make you more prone to get cancer, but that doesn't mean that you have a 100% chance of developing cancer.
now about mistakes about Natural Selection....
1) Natural Selection doesn't mean that "bad genes" get removed from the population... it means that genes that prevent an individual from surviving long enough to reproduce are rare in the population.
2) "Bad genes" is mistaken idea anyway as many genes that may be dangerous in some situations are beneficial in others... for example Sickle Cell gene.
3) Natural Selection doesn't mean that eventually living things become perfect... it means that over time they change to adapt to their situation.
The best examples of Natural Selection in humans are the spread of the Lactose tolerance alleles and the spread of the Blue Eyes allele. All of these started with a single individual and have spread through the population due to their different selective advantages and characteristics. But there are lot's of other examples in humans.
So, no... just saying "cancer is bad therefore natural selection is wrong" doesn't work.
wa:do