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15Mar 2023 by Post

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA

chromatin, differentiation, embryogenesis, embryos, Evolution, genetics, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, MERVL, mice, mouse endogenous retrovirus L, Nature Genetics, ontogeny, retrotransposons, The Myth of Junk DNA, totipotent cells, transcription, transcriptome

It turns out the mouse endogenous retrovirus L (MERVL) is essential for embryogenesis, according to a recently published article. Source

21Feb 2023 by Post

The Cruel Legacy of Social Darwinism in Nigeria

Africa, Africans, biology, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, colonialism, Culture & Ethics, Darwin Comes to Africa, ethnicity, Europe, Europeans, Evolution, French Guinea, genetics, historiography, Joseph Stalin, Mandinka, morality, nationality, natural selection, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, pseudo-science, Race, Racism, random mutation, religion, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, tiger, tiger moth

Social Darwinism rests like a tiger moth on Darwinism, its mother theory; when challenged with facts, it just flits to a slightly different position. Source

23Dec 2022 by Post

#10 Story of 2022: Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

AlphaFold, alternative genetic codes, biology, Brian Miller, convergent evolution, devolution, discoveries, DNA, Douglas Axe, ENCODE, encoding, Endogenous retroviruses, epigenetics, Evolution, Evolution News, frameshifting, genes, genetics, genomes, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, Michael Behe, mutations, neutral evolution, Paul Nelson, predictions, protein folding, protein rarity, RNAs, Scott Minnich, supercoiling, topoisomerase

Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Source

15Nov 2022 by Post

Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

AlphaFold, alternative genetic codes, biology, Brian Miller, convergent evolution, devolution, discoveries, DNA, Douglas Axe, ENCODE, encoding, Endogenous retroviruses, epigenetics, Evolution, Evolution News, frameshifting, genes, genetics, genomes, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, Michael Behe, mutations, neutral evolution, Paul Nelson, predictions, protein folding, protein rarity, RNAs, Scott Minnich, supercoiling, topoisomerase

Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Source

10Sep 2022 by Post

Can Myths About Dogs Tell Us About Their Origins?

Anthropozoologica, Archaeology, burial, Central Asia, College of France, Dogs, domestication, Evolution, Friederike Range, genetics, Germany, grave gifts, Julien d’Huy, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology, Middle East, myths, rabbits, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, science, signified, signifier, Sirius, South Asia, Southeast Asia, wolves

A French historian studies the relationship between ancient stories told about dogs and information from genetics and archaeology. Source

05Jun 2022 by Post

Listen: Mendel vs. Darwin

biology, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Evolution, genetics, Gregor Mendel, ID The Future, inheritance, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Podcast, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Unfortunately, acceptance of Darwinism hindered acceptance of Gregor Mendel’s great insights. Source

28Apr 2022 by Post

Investigating the Evidence for Intelligent Design — in Biochemistry and Other Fields

amino acid sequences, biochemistry, biology, codes, DNA, Douglas Axe, Evolution, Experience, genetics, information, intelligent agents, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, language, molecular machines, mutational sensitivity, observation, paleontology, physics, protein sequences, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), William Dembski

Irreducible complexity and high CSI systems are found, indicating these systems were designed. Source

07Jan 2022 by Post

Sound the Alarm on Germline Genetic Editing

bioethics, biology, Casey Luskin, China, Chinese government, CRISPR, Culture & Ethics, eugenics, genetics, germline editing, Harvest House, He Jiankui, human dignity, ID The Future, Medicine, Podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Wesley J. Smith

As Wesley Smith explains, it’s not just that germline editing could lead to unintended health consequences. Source

21Dec 2021 by Post

Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

1000 Genomes Project, Adam and Eve, alleles, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, chims, chromosomes, DNA, Evolution, genetics, genomes, heterozygosity, Human Origins, humans, Moon, mutations, nucleotide differences, population size, primordial diversity, Steve Schaffner, target practice

If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Source

15Oct 2021 by Post

Studies on Stickleback Fish Further Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

biology, cichlid fish, constrained variation, Evolution, evolutionary icons, fatty acids, Freshwater, genetics, Intelligent Design, natural genetic engineering, phenotypic plasticity, prickly sculpin, saltwater, scientific materialism, stickleback fish

Cichlid and stickleback fish are two of the most iconic examples of adaption that biologists present as evidence for the plausibility of evolutionary processes. Source

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