Tag: gene expression

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 13, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AbrB, antibiotics, autoregulation, Bacillus subtilis, bacteria, biology, cassettes, cell fate, chemotaxis, CodY, ComK, competence, crowdsourcing, DegU, dense overlapping regulons, DNA, Energy, environmental conditions, exponential growth, feed-forward loops, gene expression, gene regulatory network, graduate school, housekeeping, intelligent design, isoleucine, leucine, metabolic pathways, metabolism, microorganisms, principal investigator, Rok, Sigma-H, single input modules, sporulation, stress, superintellect, transcription, valine, virulence}

To Crowdsource DNA, or Not to Crowdsource DNA: A Microbe’s Decision Pathway

_{Emily Reeves
July 13, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

10}

These are the same type of understandable and logical computation circuits that humans design. What can we learn from observing this similarity? Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 18, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __recommended, autoimmune disease, biology, biomarkers, cancer, Cell (journal), disease, dysregulation, evolution, exons, gene enhancers, gene expression, gene regulatory networks, gene silencers, genetics, genome architecture, genome organization, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, mammalian DNA, methylation, Nature (journal), neurodegeneration, non-coding RNAs, promoters, repetitive DNA, RNA, Science (journal), splicing regulators, transposable elements}

Paper in Cell Reports “Paradigm Shift” Against TEs as “Genomic Parasites or Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
June 18, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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This language is remarkable coming from a journal often considered the third most important in the world for biology. Read More ›

A dna structure design with glowing particles.

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __recommended, biology, CCCTC-binding factor, DNA, DNA structure, function, G-quadruplex, G4s, gene expression, genome, genome topology, guanine, humans, junk DNA, minisatellite, non-B DNA, pericentromeric repeats, PNAS, repetitive DNA, telomeres, telomeric repeats, topologically associating domains}

More Functions Reported for Repeat “Junk” DNA

_{Casey Luskin
June 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Papers note that repetitive DNA — the type of DNA that our junk-DNA-defending friends assure us must be functionless — is vital for forming G4 structures. Read More ›

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post

Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
June 1, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, animal kingdom, BBC Wildlife, beak, bill, biofluorescence, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, ENCODE project, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionary biologists, gene expression, Georges Cuvier, German, human genome, intelligent design, John C. Sanford, lactation, mankind, Neo-Darwinism, New York Times, organs, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus, prehensile tail, sensory perception, sex chromosomes, spurs, stomach, tail, Tomoko Ohta, toxins, UV light, venom}

The Evolutionary Mystery of the Platypus

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 1, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

5}

The bill of the platypus is “the most remarkable organ for sensory perception found in the animal kingdom.” Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 22, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological processes, Bret Weinstein, chromosomes, Discovery Institute, DNA, embryonic development, ERVs, evo-devo, evolution, evolutionary biology, function, gene expression, genes, genome, integer variables, intelligent design, Joe Rogan, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, microsatellites, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, supporters, telomeres, variables}

Fascinating Hypothesis from Weinstein: Repetitive “Junk” DNA Stores Integer Variables

_{Casey Luskin
February 22, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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This opens up a world of potential functions for repetitive DNA that open-minded scientists can consider. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Amazon, biology, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, developmental biology, Discovery Institute Press, epigenetics, evolution, evolutionary theory, evolutionism, gene expression, genes, heredity, immaterial genome, intelligent design, intolerance, J. Scott Turner, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg}

Biologist J. Scott Turner: Sternberg and the “Central Dilemma of Evolutionism”

_{Science & Culture
April 30, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

2}

The new book from Discovery Institute Press is currently the Amazon #1 bestseller in Genetics and #1 in Developmental Biology. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
April 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bacterial flagella, biology, chromosomes, engineered systems, evolution, gene expression, genes, intelligent design, intelligent mind, proteins, recurring design logic, regulatory systems, RNA polymerase, Salmonella}

Transcriptional Hierarchies Exhibit Recurring Design Logic and Challenge Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
April 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

A transcriptional hierarchy is a regulatory system in which genes are expressed in a specific ordered sequence. Read More ›

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post

Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 11, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, convergent evolution, epigenetics, evolution, eyes, fish, gene expression, genetic material, guppies, intelligent design, neo-Darwinian theory, parents, pigmentation, random mutation, random processes}

Blind Cavefish: Evolutionary Icon, or an Example of Preprogrammed Adaptation?

_{Emily Reeves
July 11, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

There is another model that could explain the transformations of the cavefish. This model is called continuous environmental tracking and it is design-based. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 19, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, compound eyes, development, entomology, evolution, eyes, Flight, fruit flies, gene expression, human mind, insects, intelligent design, motor neurons, Nature Communications, Queen Mary University London, senses, wings}

Sophisticated Precision in Fruit Fly Sensory Systems

_{David Coppedge
February 19, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Pause before you swat. The sensory systems of fruit flies that let them discern their surroundings look as if they had been engineered. Read More ›

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post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 3, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, DNA, evolution, gene expression, genome, ID the Future, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, molecular biologists, non-coding DNA, paradigm shift, Short Tandem Repeats}

Casey Luskin on Junk DNA’s “Kuhnian Paradigm Shift”

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 3, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design theorists have long argued against the idea that non-protein coding DNA is useless evolutionary junk. Read More ›