Type post Author Michael Egnor Date January 3, 2018 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, censorship, Communism, Darwinism, Expelled (movie), junk DNA, Karl Marx, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Lamarckism, Modern Synthesis, molecular genetics, Russia, Soviet Union, Steven Novella, Trofim Lysenko Darwinian Lysenkoism in America Michael Egnor January 3, 2018 Evolution, Genetics, Scientific Freedom 5 As Lysenkoism enjoys a revival in Russia, it thrives here too. Read More ›
blind cave fish Type post Author Cornelius Hunter Date November 6, 2017 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionLife Sciences Tagged , __k-review, barcoding, cave fish, Charles Darwin, embryonic development, Epicureans, epigenetics, evolution, Icons of Evolution, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarckism, methylation, mutations, Occam's Razor, proteins Upsetting Another Evolutionary Icon — Blindness in Cave Fish Is Due to Epigenetics Cornelius Hunter November 6, 2017 Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences 6 Methylation of key development genes represses their expression, and with it eye development, in this venerable icon of evolution. Read More ›
epigenetic-inheritance-in-fruit-flies Type post Author Cornelius Hunter Date August 1, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionScience Tagged , __k-review, Barry Hall, Cornell University, egg cells, epigenetics, evolution, germ line, John Cairns, Lamarckism, somatic cells, sperm Evolution’s Third Rail — Transgenerational Epigenetics Can Have a Profound Impact Cornelius Hunter August 1, 2017 Evolution, Science 4 It is an enormous problem to explain how such capabilities evolved. Read More ›
trofim-lysenko Type post Author Jonathan Wells Date November 22, 2016 CategoriesHistory of ScienceIntelligent DesignPolitical Science Tagged , __nedited, Communism, Darwinism, dissent, falsified theories, government funding, Joseph Stalin, Lamarckism, Lysenkoism, Mendelian genetics, Robert Pennock, scientific establishment, Trofim Lysenko American Lysenkoism Jonathan Wells November 22, 2016 History of Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science 4 Darwinists have compared intelligent design to Lysenkoism, but they have it backward. Read More ›