Did this gene appear for the first time after 1935 and rapidly spread through selection, or did it appear before 1935, completely by chance and in the absence of selection? It has to be one or the other. Either complex new traits (notice I said trait, not protein, since nylon metabolism was undoubtedly a new trait) can evolve by chance and be preserved for long periods of time completely absent selection, or selection is responsible for its rapid spread once it appeared by chance post-1935. Which explanation for this new trait would you prefer?

Related, do you think this gene appeared once, and all extant nylonases are homologous (through common descent or HGT), or did it evolve multiple times independently?

Now for the 1+1+1+1+1+1+1th time: are you about to answer the questions posed by DarwinZDF42 instead of dodging and ducking by answering questions that were not posed? FOURTH reminder in this thread up to now.

Here are the questions by DarwinZDF42 AGAIN:

Did this gene appear for the first time after 1935 and rapidly spread through selection, or did it appear before 1935, completely by chance and in the absence of selection? It has to be one or the other. Either complex new traits (notice I said trait, not protein, since nylon metabolism was undoubtedly a new trait) can evolve by chance and be preserved for long periods of time completely absent selection, or selection is responsible for its rapid spread once it appeared by chance post-1935. Which explanation for this new trait would you prefer?

Related, do you think this gene appeared once, and all extant nylonases are homologous (through common descent or HGT), or did it evolve multiple times independently?