Quote Originally Posted by Vacado View Post
Natural selection cannot act on the genes themselves, only on the phenotype of the individual animal once it's out in the world. Your friend is suggesting that somehow animals are being selected against and "targeted" for consumption by predators before they are even born, and this is simply just not so.


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It could also select based on the behavioral / physical results of that gene too. Take Chrone's disease, poor eyesight, etc... for example.

JonV