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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It seems to me, Shades, that this latest, rather tired quip about the quantity of information requires a more rigorous definition. What do you mean by "information" in this context? Is this genetic material? specific chemicals/compounds of life?
I am certainly no expert, but I am a confirmed subscriber to evolution after having spent most of my life as a young-earth creationist. In the course of my own personal quest, it seems to me that "information" is simply another anomalous term that creationists / IDers use to obfuscate the data. Isn't "information" in the context of biology a matter of gene sequencing? And if this is the case, then the introduction of new "information" is not an issue, given that it amounts on a physical level to nothing more than the rearrangement of genetic material.
Can someone confirm or correct, and provide a more authoritative account of this?
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Pretty much.
An insertion mutation is adding new genetic material, so I would consider that an increase in information. A frameshift mutation can result in completely different gene expression - again new information. Duplication can affect protein function.