Tag: eukaryotes

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 21, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, bacteria, Cit+, complex molecular interactions, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Black Box, Dave Farina, Educating Dave Farina (series), eukaryotes, evolution, fitness landscapes, generation time, genomes, HIV, mammals, Michael Behe, mutation rates, mutations, patients, population sizes, proteins, The Edge of Evolution, viruses, Vpu, YouTubers}

In Defense of The Edge of Evolution, a Response to Dave Farina

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 21, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

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If evolution is capable of producing complex molecular interactions, the place where we would most expect to find them is in viruses like HIV. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew Murray, antibodies, ATP synthase, bacteria, bacterial flagellar motor, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, Biophysical Journal, blood clotting cascade, cells, chemotaxis, cilium, Current Biology, Dan Tawfik, Darwin’s Black Box, David Snoke, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell division, evolutionary pathways, Harvard University, homology, injectisome, irreducibly complex systems, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macrobiological features, Michael Behe, molecular machinery, molecular machines, motility, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Heredity, Nicholas Matzke, Oxford University Press, PNAS, polar bears, protein science, proteins, Quarterly Review of Biology, Ribosome, Science (journal), T3SS, The Edge of Evolution, type three secretory system, universal common ancestor, vision, William Dembski}

Darwin’s Black Box at 30: The Evidence Wins!

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Macrobiological features have been cited as irreducibly complex, including animal joints and the trap mechanisms of carnivorous plants, even the cell itself. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, ancestral genes, animals, arthropods, bacteria, biological descent, biological information, bony vertebrates, chordates, Christoph Adami, COX2, cytochrome c oxidase subunit II, entropy, eukaryotes, evolution, fish, homeobox, homeodomain, information, lineages, mammals, Maxwell’s demon, proteins, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolution of Biological Information: The Line of Descent

_{Winston Ewert
July 28, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

3}

In the end, Christoph Adami’s method has not shown anything about the entropy or information content of ancestral sequences. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aerobic lifestyle, Alphaproteobacteria, Arctic Ocean, Asgard, Asgard archaea, cell division, cells, cytokinesis, electron transport chain complex, ESCRT-III division, eukaryotes, eukaryotic signature proteins, FtsZ proteins, hydrogenases, hydrothermal vent, Loki’s Castle, Lokiarchaeota, mitochondria, mitosis, Nature (journal), Norse deities, Odinarcheota, polymerization, synthesis, Thorarchaeota}

Do the Asgard Archaea Hold the Keys to Eukaryotic Origins?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 6, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In 2015, a new superphylum of archaea was reported, having been discovered through metagenomic sequences of sediments. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 18, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alternative splicing, amino acids, animation, complexity, development, DNA, eukaryotes, evolution, exons, Francis Crick, genes, intelligent causation, intelligent design, introns, junk DNA, MicroRNAs, mRNA, proteins, Ribosome, spliceosome, splicing}

Evolutionary Obstacles to the Origin of Introns

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 18, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The only type of explanation that adequately accounts for this type of phenomenon is a goal-directed, or intelligent, cause. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, bird beaks, Current Biology, David Klinghoffer, eagle, entropy, eukaryotes, evolutionary biologists, Evolutionary Game Theory, humidity, mice, Monash University, ostrich, phase transition, photosynthesis, physics, Plato's Revenge, pressure, Richard Sternberg, teleology, temperature, The Conversation, volume, Weasel program}

Physics Envy Is Not Helping Evolutionary Biology

_{David Coppedge
April 30, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Biology is very different from physics. But if living things are entirely describable by atoms and forces, shouldn’t laws of physics apply to them, too? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell cycle, cells, Charles Darwin, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell cycle, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, kinetochores, Latin, microtubules, mitosis, modifications, On the Origin of Species, prokaryotes, unguided evolution}

Intelligent Design in the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An inspection of the components and processes in eukaryotic cell division demonstrates just one of many such systems that Invalidate Mr. Darwin’s theory. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell division, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell division, evolution, Evolution News, homology, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, prokaryotes, prokaryotic cells}

The Cell Division Challenge to Eukaryogenesis — And to Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 24, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The disparity between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell division is very surprising given the standard evolutionary view of gradual, incremental evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 11, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, control systems, eukaryotes, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, proteins}

New Paper Challenges Evolutionary Account of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 11, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

This is a subject of long-standing interest to me, and I have published several articles here. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, astrobiology, bacteria, Canada, cell division, common ancestry, common design, DNA replication, eukaryotes, fossil record, genetic code, genomes, Greenland, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, Nature Ecology and Evolution, prokaryotes, Ribosome, ScienceAlert, Stephen Jay Gould}

Study Finds Life’s Origin “Required a Surprisingly Short Interval of Geologic Time”

_{Casey Luskin
July 18, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It’s certainly not impossible that life was already present on Earth at 4.2 Ga. And if it were true it would have intriguing implications. Read More ›