re: #110 LudwigVanQuixote

Serious question: If genes recombine in a new way, how is that not a mutation?

A point of definition really. A mutation of genetic code is a misfire in a manner of speaking that is unlikely to enter the population on even a minimal scale without that misfire occurring simultaneously in a number of individuals. Recombinant genes, for example from individuals from different populations being introduced and breeding, introduce a new recombinant gene sequence that create quick evolutionary changes in the populations.