In these pages I will attempt to present just some of the evidence that supports the creationist's position using examples from animal breeding, population genetics, and mathematics. A process in nature in which animals better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, thus increasing the percentage of their genes in the gene pool. Animals which are lesser suited tend to die earlier and as a result produce fewer offspring, therefore the genes they carry tend to diminish within the population. Animals which posses the favored traits will have a survival benefit and will therefore tend to live longer and produce more offspring. These changes are often referred to as microevolution by scientists.
Micro evolution is a direct consequence of genetic variability and the principles of heredity .
The principles of heredity were first scientifically studied by Austrian Botanist Gregor Mendel in his now famous pea cultivation experiments. Messenger RNA in turn transports this information to the ribosomes where it is used to manufacture a new protein. In this way the information stored in the DNA molecule is used to construct new proteins. These proteins, in turn, determine the characteristics of the organism. Gene s are located within particular segments of the DNA molecule.