maize Type post Author Brian Miller Date September 24, 2021 CategoriesBiologyEngineeringIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , biophysicists, cave fish, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, DNA, dog breeds, environmental conditions, evolutionary theory, hair, intelligent design, James Shapiro, maize, natural genetic engineering, natural selection, phenotypic plasticity, sodium, temperature, yeast Nearly All of Evolution Is Best Explained by Engineering Brian Miller September 24, 2021 Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 8 Transposable elements modify gene regulation in maize to confer drought tolerance, alter flowering time, and enable plants to grow in toxic aluminum soils. Read More ›
cave fish Type post Author Brian Miller Date September 20, 2021 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , adaptation, brain, cave fish, Charles Darwin, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, evolution, hurricane, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Mother Nature, natural selection, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, William Paley Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection Has Left a Legacy of Confusion over Biological Adaptation Brian Miller September 20, 2021 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design 8 Our ability to adapt to fantastically diverse circumstances did not result from the happenstance of environmental conditions. Read More ›
fly-1 Type post Date December 2, 2019 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __edited, BBC News, Caltech, cave fish, Current Biology, desert ants, earthworms, flies, habitat, India, intelligent design, Michael Marshall, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Paul Nelson, Penn State, Sahara Desert, Science (journal), United States, vestigial structures Small Wonders: Design in Tiny Creatures Science and Culture December 2, 2019 Intelligent Design 9 Miniature designs often require more foresight and delicate engineering than large designs. Examples are abundant in the living world. Read More ›
blind cave fish Type post Author Cornelius Hunter Date November 6, 2017 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionLife Sciences Tagged , __k-review, barcoding, cave fish, Charles Darwin, embryonic development, Epicureans, epigenetics, evolution, Icons of Evolution, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarckism, methylation, mutations, Occam's Razor, proteins Upsetting Another Evolutionary Icon — Blindness in Cave Fish Is Due to Epigenetics Cornelius Hunter November 6, 2017 Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences 6 Methylation of key development genes represses their expression, and with it eye development, in this venerable icon of evolution. Read More ›
