Category: Genetics | Page 11 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterium, Charles Darwin, complexification, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Lamarckian theory, natural preservation, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma (series), Richard Dawkins, whales}

The Hamlet of Down House

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March 19, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Darwin began casting around in his mind for supplementary theories, sometimes going so far as to reconsider evolutionary thinking he had once firmly rejected. Read More ›

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Date
February 17, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cinderella, disease, Drosophila, ENCODE, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, junk DNA, Michael Denton, natural selection, parasites, Paul Nelson, retroviruses, The Scientist, transposable elements, transposons}

Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect

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February 17, 2022

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation. Read More ›

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Date
January 7, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Genetics
Medicine
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, China, CRISPR, eugenics, Harvest House, He Jiankui, human dignity, ID the Future, podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Wesley J. Smith}

Sound the Alarm on Germline Genetic Editing

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January 7, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Genetics, Medicine

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

Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 20, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1000 Genomes Project, Adam and Eve, alleles, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, chromosomes, DNA, genomes, heterozygosity, human origins, humans, Moon, mutations, population size, Steve Schaffner}

Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

_{Ann Gauger
December 20, 2021

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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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. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
December 14, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Communism, Cristian Bandea, Darwinism, Eric Metaxas, evolution, Freudianism, intelligent design, Is Atheism Dead?, judge, Karl Marx, materialistic science, natural law, Percy Bysshe Shelley, poets, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sigmund Freud, Stephen Meyer, The Return to the God Paradigm (series)}

Materialist Science as Paternalistic Propaganda

_{Neil Thomas
December 14, 2021

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Any attempt to demonstrate the sheer untenability of Darwinian postulates is just met with an ever-closer circling of the wagons. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 20, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Ann Gauger, Bill Nye, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common ancestry, Dennis Venema, DNA, evolution, gene regulatory networks, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, Nature (journal), non-coding DNA, Ola Hössjer, pseudogenes, Richard Buggs, Science (journal), Theistic Evolution (book)}

Human-Chimp Similarity: What Is It and What Does It Mean?

_{Casey Luskin
October 20, 2021

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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For years we’ve been told that human and chimp DNA is some 99 percent identical. Is that true? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cichlid fish, evolution, evolutionary icons, fatty acids, intelligent design, natural genetic engineering, phenotypic plasticity, scientific materialism, stickleback fish}

Studies on Stickleback Fish Further Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

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October 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
October 8, 2021

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, ATP synthase, bacteria, enzymes, evolution, intelligent design, molecular machines, penicillin, protein folding, proteins, random mutations, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

Can New Proteins Evolve?

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October 8, 2021

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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What enables a long chain of linked amino acids to perform highly specific molecular functions with machine-like precision? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 18, 2021

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, arthropods, Avalon explosion, binding sites, Cambrian Explosion, Discovery Institute, DNA, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ID research program, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, mutations, nucleotides, Ola Hössjer, peer-reviewed, peer-reviewed literature, regulatory regions, Springer, tetrapods, waiting-time problem}

In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists Explore “Waiting Times” for Coordinated Mutations

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August 18, 2021

Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics

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The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Read More ›

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Date
June 4, 2021

Categories
Genetics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, adaptation, Crete, Darwinian evolution, DNA, entropy, intelligent design, Jerusalem, Masada, North Africa, Qumran, Science Advances, seeds}

Resurrection Genomics: Millennia-Old Palm Trees Live Again

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June 4, 2021

Genetics, Life Sciences

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Seeds of date palms from the Judean desert, over 2,000 years old, have sprouted and grown into healthy trees. What can we learn from their genes? Read More ›