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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 11, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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, atheism, Bayes factor, Bayes’s theorem, Bayesian reasoning, biological design, environmental fitness, Evolution News, ID the Future, intelligent design, physical constants, plausibility, podcast, prior probability, probabilities, theism}

When Building Our Case for Intelligent Design, How Should We Think About Prior Probability?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 11, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Bayes’s theorem is a tool for modeling our evaluation of evidences to appropriately apportion the confidence in our conclusions to the strength of the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 24, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architect, bacteria, chemotaxis, CheY, common descent, design logic, evolution, genes, histidine, intelligent design, kinase, quorum sensing}

Recurring Design Logic in Gene Regulation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 24, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A feature of biology that has struck me over the years is the phenomenon of recurring design logic, across systems that do not appear to be related by descent. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Asgard archaea, BLAST, cell division, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell division, evolution, Evolution News, homologues, homology, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinetochore network, last eukaryotic common ancestor, prokaryotes, prokaryotic cells, tubulin}

The Cell Division Challenge to Eukaryogenesis — And to Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 24, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The disparity between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell division is very surprising given the standard evolutionary view of gradual, incremental evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anaphase, ATPase, BIO-Complexity, cell division, centromere, checkpoints, chromosome, dynein, eukaryotic cell cycle, eukaryotic cell division, foresight, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, kinetochore, metaphase, microtubules, mitosis, mitotic cell division, motor proteins, protein complexes, proteins}

The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle: An Irreducibly Complex System

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 26, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Any system that achieves a complex higher-level objective by means of various well-matched interacting components requires foresight to come about. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 13, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bioinformatics, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, Discovery Institute, DNA, E. coli, evolution, evolutionary paradigm, fungi, genes, genomes, genomics, intelligent design, nucleotide sequences, ORfan genes, PLOS ONE, search engines, taxonomic groups}

ORFanID: An Online Search Engine for Identifying Orfan Genes

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 13, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The existence of such genes is surprising given the hypothesis of universal common descent. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alleles, Arizona State University, crustaceans, Daphnia pulex, Denyse O'Leary, editors, evolution, genome, hype, nucleotide diversity, selection}

Is Daphnia Evolving at “Lightning Speed”?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 12, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If this is a prime example of the transformative power of evolution, the evidence is not at all impressive. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 11, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Asgard archaea, BIO-Complexity, control systems, eukaryotes, evolution, Evolution News, homologues, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinetochore network, last eukaryotic common ancestor, proteins}

New Paper Challenges Evolutionary Account of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 11, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This is a subject of long-standing interest to me, and I have published several articles here. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, ATP synthase, cellular respiration, electron transport chain, Energy, glycolysis, Harvard University, intelligent design, Krebs cycle, proton gradient, protons, synthesis, turbine}

Appreciating the Molecular Detail of ATP Synthase

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Here, I wish to highlight this animation, again narrated by Harvard’s Professor Robert Lue. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, cytochrome C oxidase, electron transport chain, electrons, Energy, glycolytic pathway, Harvard University, intermembrane space, Krebs cycle, protons}

Watch: Animation Reveals the Intricacies of the Electron Transport Chain

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 13, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In short, the electron transport chain involves the flow of electrons through a respiratory chain. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, ATP, carbon dioxide, cofactors, Drew Berry, electron transport chain, electrons, enzymes, glucose, glycolysis, glycolytic pathway, Krebs cycle, pyruvate}

The Incredible Krebs Cycle

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 11, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Earlier, I wrote about various obstacles to the evolutionary origins of the glycolytic pathway. As noted previously, the end result of glycolysis is pyruvate. Read More ›