Tag: effective population size

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 25, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, 1000 Genomes Project, Adam and Eve, BIO-Complexity, bottleneck, Broad Institute, chimpanzees, Dennis Venema, effective population size, evolutionary assumptions, first couple, genetic diversity, humans, mortality, Ola Hössjer, parsimony, Peaceful Science, population size, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Steve Schaffner}

More Backstory on Our First-Couple Paper: Why Wasn’t This Done Before?

_{Ann Gauger
October 25, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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For the last forty years, population geneticists have repeatedly said that our population was never smaller than several thousand. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 3, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, bacteria, Cambrian Explosion, central nervous system, cichlid fishes, circulatory system, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, E. coli, effective population size, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary theory, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fish, John Jay College, John McDonald, lemurs, macroevolution, Madagascar, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, neutral theory, nylonase, organs, ossicles, Robert J. Marks II, Skeptic Magazine, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

In His Latest Review of Behe’s Darwin Devolves, Nathan Lents Misses the Forest for the Trees

_{Brian Miller
April 3, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionists now increasingly believe that major adaptations are driven by neutral mutations. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, bottleneck, chimpanzees, Christianity, Dennis Venema, effective population size, genetic diversity, heterozygosity, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Oxford University, population size, Queen Mary University, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Richard Buggs}

Adam and the Genome and Human Genetic Diversity

_{Science & Culture
January 25, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Nobody in the ID community is capable of showing Dennis Venema to be wrong? Well, that’s a bit heavy on the attitude. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, common descent, Conservation of Information, effective population size, Endogenous retroviruses, genes, genetic drift, human origins, intelligent design, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, No Free Lunch, population genetics, synteny}

Population Genetics: What It Is and Why It Matters

_{Science & Culture
January 16, 2018

Evolution

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Some have claimed that for humans the coalescence to one (or first coalescent) does not happen for well over a million years back in time, calling into question the idea of a single-couple human origin. Read More ›