[[File:John C Sanford.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[John Sanford]] ]]
[[File:John C Sanford.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[John Sanford]] ]]
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The '''genetic entropy''' theory by Cornell University Professor Dr. [[John Sanford]] on eroding [[genome]]s of all living organisms due to [[mutations]] inherited from one generation to the next is declared to be one of the major challenges to [[Evolution|evolutionary theory]]. The central part of Sanford’s argument is that mutations, represented by spelling mistakes in [[DNA]], are accumulating so quickly in some creatures (and particularly in people) that [[natural selection]] cannot stop the ''functional degradation'' of the genome, let alone drive an evolutionary process that could lead for example, from apes into people.<ref>{{cite web
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The '''genetic entropy''' theory by Cornell University Professor Dr. [[ohn C. Sanford|John Sanford]] on eroding [[genome]]s of all living organisms due to [[mutations]] inherited from one generation to the next is declared to be one of the major challenges to [[Evolution|evolutionary theory]]. The central part of Sanford’s argument is that mutations, represented by spelling mistakes in [[DNA]], are accumulating so quickly in some creatures (and particularly in people) that [[natural selection]] cannot stop the ''functional degradation'' of the genome, let alone drive an evolutionary process that could lead for example, from apes into people.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Genetic entropy and simple organisms: If genetic entropy is true, why do bacteria still exist?
|title=Genetic entropy and simple organisms: If genetic entropy is true, why do bacteria still exist?