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Originally Posted by HydrogenBond
...For example, say we have a new gene forming on the DNA that has the potential to do a new task. This is new and neither the cell or the DNA have any history with it. ....
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It would sure make these conversations easier if you would find a simple book on evolution and genetics and just read it.
Anyway, genes are NOT associated with "tasks" or "processes" or "functions" or even bodily structures. Genes are associated with chemistry.
Typically, a gene is associated with specifying an amino acid in a protein or enzyme. When the DNA is scanned within the cell, this process builds a protein or enzyme.
So, if a new gene is inserted into DNA, you do NOT get a "task" or "order" that can't be passed down from CEO to mailroom clerk. What you DO get is a protein with an extra amino acid in it. This will cause the protein to bend and twist into a different shape. Maybe very different, maybe only subtly different. The presence of this new protein may kill the host animal or may do nothing or may change its, say, eye color.
