Comments on: Evolution at Work – Blue Moon Butterfly http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/07/12/evolution-at-work-blue-moon-butterfly/ Science and Engineering: Innovation, Research, Education and Economics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:32:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mendel’s Garden #17: Blog Carnival of Genetics « ScienceRoll http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/07/12/evolution-at-work-blue-moon-butterfly/comment-page-1/#comment-41471 Mendel’s Garden #17: Blog Carnival of Genetics « ScienceRoll Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:27:52 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/07/12/evolution-at-work-blue-moon-butterfly/#comment-41471 [...] Curious Cat shows us Evolution at Work with the Blue Moon Butterfly. [...] [...] Curious Cat shows us Evolution at Work with the Blue Moon Butterfly. [...]

]]> By: Archana Raghuram http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/07/12/evolution-at-work-blue-moon-butterfly/comment-page-1/#comment-40367 Archana Raghuram Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:24:23 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/07/12/evolution-at-work-blue-moon-butterfly/#comment-40367 Thats a very interesting post, John. I never knew evloution works at such speeds. Thats a very interesting post, John. I never knew evloution works at such speeds.

]]> By: Gary Petersen http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/07/12/evolution-at-work-blue-moon-butterfly/comment-page-1/#comment-40213 Gary Petersen Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:43:49 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/07/12/evolution-at-work-blue-moon-butterfly/#comment-40213 Keep reading in the article, though. This is from the second to last paragraph: "But they said that the repopulation of male butterflies illustrates rapid natural selection, a process in which traits that help a species survive become more prominent in a population." What they're reporting here seems more natural selection than evolution. There is a big, big difference. Keep reading in the article, though. This is from the second to last paragraph:

“But they said that the repopulation of male butterflies illustrates rapid natural selection, a process in which traits that help a species survive become more prominent in a population.”

What they’re reporting here seems more natural selection than evolution. There is a big, big difference.

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