Tag: guppies

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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 changes, 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
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 28, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptability, dogmatism, Eric Anderson, evolution, fish, guppies, ID the Future, intelligent design, Richard Dawkins, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

The Engineered Adaptability of the Humble Guppy

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 28, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

When a scientist switches from an evolutionary lens to an engineering one, it may be the mother of all eureka moments. Read More ›

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post

Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Darwin's Finches, David N. Reznick, downstream, Drosophila, ecosystem, environments, genetic variations, germline, guppies, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, population, random mutation, stickleback fish, upstream}

Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model

_{Emily Reeves
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

An engineering model would predict that guppies are designed with operational parameters for different traits, which are set by overarching design logic. Read More ›

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post

Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, behavior, body size, Brown University, David N. Reznick, downstream, eggs, evolution, females, Finding Darwin's God, fish, genetic diversity, guppies, J.B.S. Haldane, Kenneth Miller, morphology, mutations, natural selection, physiology, population dynamics, predators, random mutation, upstream, variation}

Are Guppies Examples of Darwinian Macroevolution?

_{Emily Reeves
May 7, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

It was 1961, in the steep mountain streams of Trinidad where cascading waterfalls create barriers which predatory fish can’t overcome. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 4, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, environmentalism, geological features, guppies, human thriving, Lake Michigan, misanthropy, mosquitoes, nature rights, pollution, regulations, rights, waterways, weeds}

To Throttle Human Thriving Is the Point of “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 4, 2023

Bioethics, Life Sciences

3}

Granting “rights” to nature — including geological features — profoundly undermines the concept of “rights” itself. Read More ›