Tag: meiosis

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell division, centromere, checkpoints, chromatid, chromosomes, cohesin, cowboys, Current Biology, DNA, error correction, evolution, foresight, function, intelligent design, kinetics, meiosis, NASA, PNAS, sexual reproduction, tubulin}

Springs, Glues, and Rocket Launchers in Cell Division

_{David Coppedge
July 11, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The molecules of life do much more than convey information. They combine and impose physical forces on each other in intricate, functional ways. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, birth, calcium ions, chromosomes, cilia, diploid cells, egg, embryonic development, fallopian tube, fertilization, follicle, germ cells, glycoprotein, humans, intelligent design, meiosis, oogenesis, ovulation, ovum, plasma membrane, seminal fluid, sperm cells, uterus, zona pellucida}

The Exquisite Design of Egg Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 8, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Oogenesis (the process of egg cell formation) begins during embryonic development when the primordial germ cells are specified. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 17, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, biologists, Charles Darwin, complementarity, evolutionary theory, flagellum, genotype, head, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, males, meiosis, middle piece, mitosis, modifications, podcast, sex, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Sex Is a Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 17, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Could sex be the product of a gradual evolutionary process, one dictated by “numerous, successive, slight, modifications,” as Darwin himself put it? Read More ›

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Author
Richard Sternberg

Date
July 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, central dogma, centromere, chromosomes, cytology, cytoskeleton, Drosophila melanogaster, junk DNA, kinetochores, Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements, meiosis, nucleotides, oocyte, Paul Davies, Y chromosome, zygote}

DNA May Be “Junk” at One Level But of Utmost Significance at Another

_{Richard Sternberg
July 29, 2020

Intelligent Design

8}

It is during the latter stages of the production of an animal oocyte that many functionalities of what some disparage as “junk DNA” take center stage. Read More ›

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post

Author
Richard Sternberg

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropods, centromere, centrosome, chromatids, chromosomes, DNA, Drosophila melanogaster, egg cells, euchromatin, fertilization, functionality, heterochromatin, information, kinetochore, meiosis, morphogenesis, oocyte, Robert Rosen, Turing Machine, vertebrates}

Chromosome Dynamics Has Egg-centric Features

_{Richard Sternberg
July 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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In the words of Robert Rosen we have to “drastically reconsider what is meant by “genetic information.’” Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 27, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, biological information, cell division, ciliates, conjugation, DNA, evolutionary biology, gene expression, genome, histone code, intelligent design, James Shapiro, meiosis, mitosis, Princeton University, purifying selection, RNA, sexual reproduction, University of Chicago}

The Wonders of Genomic Acrobatics: Ciliated Protozoa as a Case Study

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 27, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

Explaining this sort of phenomenon by slight, successive modification, as Darwin envisaged, seems problematic. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 13, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __edited, asexual reproduction, chromatids, complementarity, foresight, gametes, meiosis, parasites, sexual reproduction}

Sex, the Queen of Problems in Evolutionary Biology

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 13, 2011

Evolution, Life Sciences, Reproductive Science

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The origin and subsequent maintenance of sex and recombination isn't easily explained by Darwinian evolution. Why is sex a success, despite all its disadvantages? Read More ›