Originally Posted by CTD
Are you saying the evidence against the myth is compelling? That it deserves no defense?

I am saying that no biologist says that the clonal (asexual) reproduction you describe should always produce identical individuals.

You indicate in the first post that this "myth" is a widespread phenomenon. So, I am asking you to provide evidence that biologists are stating that clonal (asexual) reproduction always produces identical individuals.

You can't do it because you are using semantics to misrepresent the truth. You are using the popular meaning for "clone" and then providing quotes that use the word "clonal", which in the context of the research means asexual reproduction.

Clones are identical in their DNA to the individual from which the DNA was collected. However, "clonal reproduction" is not the making of clones.

BTW: What does this have to do with the truth or falseness of evolution?

A faith that connot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets. -- Arthur C. Clarke