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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, disease, DNA, eLife, evolution, function, human genome, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, loss-of-function mutations, pathology, repetitive elements, Research, Short Tandem Repeats}

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA (Cont.)

_{Paul Nelson
March 22, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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If “junk” DNA goes toxic, does that suggest it had an original normal function? See the conclusion of this new paper. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromatin, embryogenesis, embryos, junk DNA, mice, Nature Genetics, ontogeny, The Myth of Junk DNA, transcription, transcriptome}

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA

_{Paul Nelson
March 15, 2023

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, genetic mutations, intelligent design, Nature Genetics, propositions}

Mapping the Pleiotropic Network of Human Cells

_{Paul Nelson
March 15, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

1}

Genes and proteins are remarkably similar to natural-language words in a polyfunctional respect. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Florida, Homer, intelligent design, naturalists, Travel}

Postcard from Florida: When Tortoises Joust

_{Paul Nelson
March 8, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

1}

This fellow was peacefully grazing by himself, unlike his pugilistic cousins nearby. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Adam Frank, Arthropoda, biosphere, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent life, Jacques Monod, life, probability, Richard Dawkins, The Design Inference, Tree of Life, universal common descent, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

A Good Example of Evolutionary Use of Extremely Small Probability Singularities

_{Paul Nelson
March 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

3}

How can you be certain, for instance, that you, horned lizards, and brook trout share a common chordate ancestor? Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, acorn worms, anus, Biological Reviews, chordates, echinoderms, embryology, evolution, gills, Harvard University, mouth, phylogeny, sea urchins, Smithsonian Institution, University of Oklahoma, worms}

A Remarkably Candid Statement About an Unsolved Evolutionary Puzzle

_{Paul Nelson
February 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

3}

According to current systematic theory, everyone reading this right now belongs to the taxonomic category Deuterostomia. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 6, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Columbia University, David Kipping, design detection, Illinois, intelligence, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Lex Fridman, universe}

Watch: Here Are Several Minutes of Design-Detection Brainstorming with Lex Fridman

_{Paul Nelson
February 6, 2023

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

3}

I’ve never heard such a concise account of the principal methodological difficulties of inferring an unconstrained intelligence as a TESTABLE cause. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 6, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, character, cladistics, cladogram, evolutionary biologists, homoplasy, Hox genes, parsimony, phylogeny, University of Vienna}

The Puzzle of Hox Gene Homology — With Parsimony Taking the Hit

_{Paul Nelson
February 6, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

I am old enough to remember when, during the cladistics revolution, parsimony was the Final Referee with the Loudest Whistle. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
December 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, blood, evolution, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Joana Xavier, money, naturalism, parrots, Perry Marshall, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, theology, University College London, William Harvey, YouTube videos}

Joana Xavier, Skepticism About Design, and a Fable About a Gray Parrot with an iPad

_{Paul Nelson
December 13, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Origin of Life

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Xavier, of University College London, is a young origin-of-life researcher who has steadily pursued questions of central importance. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, beauty, development, intelligent design, morphology, Pittsburgh, Thanksgiving}

Viewing Chinese Lanterns in Pittsburgh

_{Paul Nelson
November 30, 2022

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Science

1}

I mused about the genetic coding requirements for the changes in protein expression and timing (during development) to give its precise floral morphology. Read More ›