Dillon & Cooper on deleterious mutation rates

[Giltil (Gilbert Thill)]

@Chris_Falter

in M9MM … we observed 13 lineages with significantly reduced fitness in M9MM, but also four lineages with significantly increased fitness [my emphasis]

This is the evidence that strongly refutes the GE hypothesis

No. The fact that an increase in fitness is observed in some lineages doesn’t refute the GE hypothesis. Not at all. I have made this point in another thread.

What are the fundamentals of Genetic Entropy?

GE can have positive effect on fitness in a particular environment for some time. To see this, imagine the scene; thieves have just robbed a bank and fled behind the wheel of a car. A few moments later, they see in the mirror that they are being chased by a police car. A pursuit race begins. But inexorably, the police car is gaining ground and threatening to catch up with the crooks. In this situation, burglars decide to throw out the window everything they can, seats, doors, etc… to lighten the vehicle. In doing so, they regain speed and manage to lose their pursuers.