Reply #111: So just shove that fish gene down my throat?

[texastoast]

Unknowingly? What would give you such a right?

It is obvious that you have presented a lot of internet knowledge about genetics (and perhaps this is the field you work in). But I've been reading a lot of the text of your posts. I see quite a bit of this:

They are then considered to be full-fledged, card-carrying human genes. (May I ask who considers such a thing--the never-wrong scientific community?)

Studies of the evolution of species long assumed . . .

A growing body of evidence suggests . . .

gene transfer may be a much more important force . . .

Analysis of the rough draft of the human genome led to the suggestion recently . . .

Such a possibility is of interest . . .

I'm not betting my bottom dollar on language like this. Good scientists are ALWAYS skeptical, though they might not say anything when Monsanto is footing the bill.