Tag: DNA sequence

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Arshak Alexanian, dauer-modifications, DNA, DNA sequence, dogma, epigenetic change, epigenetics, evolution, Green Fluorescent Protein, heredity, Kamal Nahas, Lamarckism, materialism, methyl groups, mRNA transcripts, noncoding RNA, offspring, Richard C. Lewontin, The New York Review of Books}

Why Dogmatic Materialism Is Bad for Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Richard Lewontin addressed a controversy in evolution: Can life forms acquire characteristics during their lifespan that they pass on to their offspring? Read More ›

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post

Date
November 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, AlphaFold, amino acid sequence, artificial intelligence, DNA, DNA sequence, Eric Anderson, Evolution News, ID the Future, intelligent design, Paul Nelson, podcast, proteins, proteome, Research}

Powerful Protein-Folding Algorithm AlphaFold Foiled by Singletons

_{Evolution News
November 15, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We now know that biological information involves far more than just an organism’s proteome. Read More ›

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post

Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 24, 2020

Categories
Origin of Life
Science Education
Tagged
, biological evolution, common ancestry, development, DNA sequence, education, evo-devo, genetic drift, homology, Jonathan Wells, learning, neo-Darwinian theory, Next Generation Science Standards, NGSS, phylogenetics}

In the NGSS, a Dogmatic Standard on Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 24, 2020

Origin of Life, Science Education

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Inaccurate teaching about evolution is widespread, as Jonathan Wells’s review of textbooks shows. Read More ›

Retrovirus Replication A retrovirus in the process

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 26, 2011

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, common ancestry, DNA sequence, Endogenous retroviruses, horizontal gene transfer, primates}

Do Shared ERVs Support Common Ancestry?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 26, 2011

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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In my previous article, I discussed the background of one of the most commonly made arguments for primate common ancestry. In this article, I want to examine the first of the three layers of evidence offered by a popular-level article written about this subject. Read More ›

Chromosome structure with glowing telomere ends in scientific 3D illustration, showing genetic material and cellular biology in dark blue background

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post

Author
Richard Sternberg

Date
May 14, 2009

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, 1 percent myth, chromosome, DNA sequence, genome, junk DNA, sequence alignment, telomeres}

Guy Walks Into a Bar and Thinks He’s a Chimpanzee: The Unbearable Lightness of Chimp-Human Genome Similarity

_{Richard Sternberg
May 14, 2009

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Life Sciences

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I am often struck by how the topic of evolution in general, and chimp/human ancestry in particular, can be an immediate conversation opener that just as quickly becomes a conversation closer. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 5, 2008

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, 1 percent myth, DNA sequence, Francisco Ayala, gap differences, Judgment Day, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, NAS, NOVA, PBS}

Darwin’s Failed Predictions, Slide 10: “The myth of 1% human-chimp genetic differences” (from JudgingPBS.com)

_{Casey Luskin
January 5, 2008

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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PBS asserts that "a schoolchild can cite the figure perhaps most often called forth in support of human/chimp common ancestry — namely, that we share almost 99 percent of our DNA with our closest living relative, the chimpanzee." Such an argument raises two questions. Read More ›