Neof. Mebina

[Hakumin]

Originally Posted by Shoreguy

I have always felt that many but not all mutations really were from the emergence of traits from distant ancestors unrelated but sexually compatible to the predominant organism (plant or animal).

I am not a geneticist nor do I play one on TV.

That's not how mutations work. A trait that can be traced back to genetic mixing by even a distant hybridization event is not a mutation.