Tag: chromatin

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anaphase, ATP hydrolysis, cell death, cell division, centrosomes, chromatids, chromatin, chromosome condensation, chromosomes, clawed frog, condensins, cytokinesis, DNA, Inner Centromere Protein, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinase, mice, mislocalization, mitosis, mitotic cell division, mitotic chromosome, mitotic progression, phosphorylation, proteins, RNA interference, Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes, teleology, topoisomerase, topoisomerase IIα, Xenopus}

Irreducible Complexity Nested Within Irreducible Complexity: The Case of Chromosome Condensation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 19, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

15}

It is highly implausible that such a wonder of engineering arose by means of an unguided evolutionary process. Read More ›

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post

Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 15, 2023

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

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA

_{Paul Nelson
March 15, 2023

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

1}

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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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 6, 2022

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood cells, cells, Charles Darwin, chromatin, daughter cells, DNA, evolution, genome, histones, industry, intelligent design, kidney cell, liver cell, muscle cell, Nature Communications, Neil Thomas, neutrophils, stem cells, UC Riverside}

Cell Fate: Another Hurdle for Evolution

_{David Coppedge
May 6, 2022

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

When a stem cell divides, one daughter cell must maintain its stemness while the other specializes. Therein lies another truckload of requirements. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, biochemists, Cell (journal), chromatids, chromatin, chromosomes, cohesin, condensin, cryo-electron microscopy, DNA, intelligent design, Korea, loop extrusion, nucleus, The Scientist, Vienna, X-ray}

DNA Packing: One of the Supreme Wonders of Nature

_{Science and Culture
January 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

The cell packs two meters of DNA into a 10-micron nucleus. How? The machinery is as intelligently designed as the genome itself. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 21, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromatin, cohesin, DNA, double helix, enhancers, enzymes, genome, intelligent design, loop extrusion, molecular motors, Nature (journal), nucleus, promoters, repair}

Cells Use Loop Extrusion to Keep DNA Optimized

_{Science and Culture
April 21, 2021

Intelligent Design

7}

A paper illustrates the action of DNA loop extrusion processes, which serve multiple functions to maintain the genome, with an interesting graphic: gears. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 1, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, anemia, causal circularity, chicken-and-egg problem, chromatin, chromosome, DNA, evolution, gene expression, genetic code, histone code, histones, intelligent design, methylation, nucleosome, phosphorylation, proteins, red blood cells}

Histone Code: A Challenge to Evolution, an Inference to Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 1, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Histones are responsible for organizing and packaging the DNA of a cell nucleus into structural units known as nucleosomes. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, chicken, chimpanzees, chromatin, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, Dennis Venema, ENCODE, genome, gorilla, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Molecular Biology and Evolution, nested hierarchy, phylogeny, pseudogenes, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, RNA Biology, theistic evolution, vitellogenin}

Adam and the Genome and “Nonfunctional” Pseudogenes

_{Science and Culture
January 24, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

11}

Venema cites the vitellogenin pseudogene as supposedly demonstrating common ancestry between humans and birds, such as chickens. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 5, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, cells, chromatin, chromosomes, Clodagh O’Shea, DNA, Pluto, proteins, Queen Mary University of London, Salk Institute}

Researchers Highlight Logistics Nightmare Facing Chromosome Controls

_{Science and Culture
September 5, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

Packing that entire genome into a tiny nucleus poses a formidable challenge. And you want it organized and accessible, too? Read More ›