Adult Quote by Kenneth R. Miller

“With the little changes that happen with reproduction, the configuration of your DNA and your genes can change for you and others in the…

— Bill Nye

“Universally accepted, microevolution has limits for what it can explain. These limits do not reach the center where the controversy lies - the Thesis…

— Jon Morrison

The facts of microevolution [change within the species] do not suffice for an understanding of macroevolution [theorized change from one species to another].

— Richard Goldschmidt

“Right. Mutation is the trigger that moves evolution forward. So, how do mutations happen?”

— Koji Suzuki

Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program.

— Richard Dawkins

“All biological and artificial mechanisms -no matter how well designed- are vulnerable to malfunctions, failures, and breakdowns. Even if developmental processes are canalized against…

— Marco del Giudice

“Genetics might be adequate for explaining microevolution, but microevolutionary changes in gene frequency were not seen as able to turn a reptile into a…

— Scott F. Gilbert

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

— Salma Hayek

The decisive step in evolution, the first step toward macroevolution, the step from one species to another, requires another evolutionary method than that of…

— Richard Goldschmidt

“New mutations don't create new species; they create offspring that are impaired.”

— Lynn Margulis

The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change.

— Ronald Fisher

Every mutation through a new combination of genetic factors that provides the organism with a new opportunity for coming to terms with the conditions…

— Konrad Lorenz