Tag: loss-of-function mutations

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, agent, causation, common descent, Darwinism, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, John West, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Neoplatonism, principle of utility, relic principle, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Edge of Evolution, The World of Life, theology}

Intelligent Design and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution — Different Yet the Same

_{Michael Flannery
November 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

6}

If any modern ID proponent fits the Wallacean model it is biologist Michael Behe. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, disease, DNA, eLife, evolution, function, gain-of-function mutations, human genome, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, loss-of-function mutations, pathology, repetitive elements, Research, Short Tandem Repeats}

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA (Cont.)

_{Paul Nelson
March 22, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

2}

If “junk” DNA goes toxic, does that suggest it had an original normal function? See the conclusion of this new paper. Read More ›

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post

Date
May 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, addition, alleles, Casey Luskin, Darwin Devolves, DNA, evolution, gene loss, genes, geneticists, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, Nature Heredity, population genomics, positive selection, subtraction}

More on Evolution by Subtraction

_{Science and Culture
May 3, 2021

Evolution

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Evolutionists argue that organisms can evolve by loss of function. Sounds like Behe’s hypothesis. But you’ll never get wings and eyes that way. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, evolution, function, gene loss, genes, intelligent design, John Maynard Smith, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, Nature Heredity, phenotypes, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Vindicated But Not Cited: Paper in Nature Heredity Supports Michael Behe’s Devolution Hypothesis

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

The literature is looking at the same data that intelligent design proponents are looking at, making similar observations, and asking similar questions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African cichlids, ATP synthase, chemoreceptor, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dollo’s Law, Evolution (journal), evolutionary biologists, gene duplication, Harvard University, hemoglobin, humans, Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, molecular evolution, molecular genetics, mutations, Plasmodium vivax, Pseudomonas fluorescens, red blood cells, Science (journal), Skeptic Magazine, Washington Post}

Harvard Molecular Geneticist Vindicates Michael Behe’s Main Argument in Darwin Devolves

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

14}

Mainstream evolutionary biologists are independently arriving at very similar conclusions to Behe’s central thesis. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 22, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amber Rice, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, degradative mutations, DNA, DNA repair, Dogs, E. coli, evolution, Evolution (journal), First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, glucose, Greg Lang, Journal of Molecular Evolution, laboratory, Lehigh University, Lenski lab, loss-of-function mutations, machines, malaria, microbes, nature, Plasmodium falciparum, polar bear, proteins, Richard Lenski, wooly mammoth, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 1

_{Michael Behe
March 22, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

11}

Their review pretty much completely misses the mark. Nonetheless, it is a good illustration of how sincere-yet-perplexed professional evolutionary biologists view the data. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptive mutations, ants, bacteria, bacteriophages, BioEssays, budding yeast, Cell (journal), cetaceans, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, deletions, Eugene Koonin, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, gain-of-function mutations, geneticists, horizontal gene transfer, insertions, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, polar bears, The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology, viruses}

Bacteriophages, Budding Yeast, and Behe’s Vindication

_{Ann Gauger
November 26, 2018

Evolution

9}

It’s been known for some time that bacteria evade antibiotics by mutating the target of the antibiotic, often at a cost to themselves. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
November 22, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, devolution, Discovery Institute, educators, evolutionary theory, Facebook, genes, genetic information, Google, Günter Bechly, HarperOne, Instagram, intelligent design, Lehigh University, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, polar bears, scientists, social media, Twitter, young people}

For #GivingTuesday, Help Michael Behe Demonstrate that Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan Witt
November 22, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

In the first chapter, Behe the Darwin skeptic throws a curve ball. The neo-Darwinian mechanism did create the polar bear from the brown bear, he announces. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 7, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, agent, causation, common descent, Darwinism, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, John West, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Neoplatonism, principle of utility, relic principle, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Edge of Evolution, The World of Life, theology}

Intelligent Design and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution — Different Yet the Same

_{Michael Flannery
August 7, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

5}

Wallace was the co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of evolution by natural selection. He later broke with Darwin over the question of teleology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Christianity, élan vital, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Harvard University, Henri Bergson, idealism, John Elof Boodin, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, paleontology, pantheism, positivism, pragmatism, realism, Stephen Hawking, William James}

Who Was John Elof Boodin and Why Does He Matter?

_{Michael Flannery
July 27, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics, Philosophy

4}

Boodin’s view that science and metaphysics could mutually inform one another was full of promise. Read More ›