Tag: microtubules

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell cycle, cells, Charles Darwin, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell cycle, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, kinetochores, Latin, microtubules, mitosis, modifications, On the Origin of Species, prokaryotes, unguided evolution}

Intelligent Design in the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An inspection of the components and processes in eukaryotic cell division demonstrates just one of many such systems that Invalidate Mr. Darwin’s theory. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anaphase, ATPase, BIO-Complexity, cell division, centromere, checkpoints, chromosome, dynein, eukaryotic cell cycle, eukaryotic cell division, foresight, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, kinetochore, metaphase, microtubules, mitosis, mitotic cell division, motor proteins, protein complexes, proteins}

The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle: An Irreducibly Complex System

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 26, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

12}

Any system that achieves a complex higher-level objective by means of various well-matched interacting components requires foresight to come about. Read More ›

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Author
Jared Cochran

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, biopolymers, enzymes, evolution, hydrolysis, intelligent design, kinesins, microtubules, molecular machines, molecular motors, motors, rotary motors}

Kinesins: Nanoscale Molecular Motors, Each Built for a Purpose

_{Jared Cochran
October 7, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

We have only skimmed the surface over the past four decades since the first kinesin motor was discovered in 1985. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 27, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, anaphase, cancer, chromosomes, Down syndrome, kinetochores, metaphase, microtubules, mitotic spindle, phosphatase, prometaphase, spindle assembly checkpoint, tumors, yeast}

Engineered Elegance: Generating the Wait Anaphase Signal

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 27, 2024

Intelligent Design, Medicine

10}

Even a single unattached kinetochore is sufficient to trigger the wait anaphase signal, which inhibits activation of the APC/C that drives entry into anaphase. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, anaphase, cell division, chromatids, chromosomes, Down syndrome, eukaryotic cell cycle, kinetochore, microtubules, mitosis, mitotic cell division, prometaphase, prophase, proteins, quality control, somatic cells, spindle assembly checkpoint, telophase}

The Elegant Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

11}

Without this exquisitely engineered system, the cell risks distributing an uneven number of chromosomes to the daughter cells. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell machinery, Center for Science and Culture, chameleons, common sense, Discovery Institute, DNA, evolution, Howard Glicksman, humor, intelligent design, kinesins, Long Story Short, media, Michael Behe, microtubules, monkeys, mousetrap, newspapers, proteins, replication, Secrets of the Cell, shrimp, Steve Laufmann, turtles, Your Designed Body, YouTube videos}

I Grew Up with Intelligent Design Videos — Let’s Make More!

_{Tova Levengood
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

The scientific rigor and common sense in the CSC videos I watched as a child taught me to recognize media hype about evolution for what it is. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cilia, cockroach, Current Biology, eukaryotes, legs, microtubule organizing centers, microtubules, motility, nervous system, power stroke, protists, taxonomy, YouTube videos}

Walking Cells and Other Surprises Among Protists — An Evolutionary Challenge

_{David Coppedge
March 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

That many show no clear phylogenetic connection with other microbes, and may contain unique morphological structures, poses a severe challenge to Darwinism. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ATP, barnacles, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin's Black Box, ejaculatory reflex, evolution, fertilization, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jackson Wheat, Michael Behe, microtubules, middle piece, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nick Matzke, purifying selection, roundworm, sperm cells, sperm flagellum}

How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

9}

This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioengineering, ciliogenesis, Emory University, evolution, intelligent design, kinesin, microtubules, molecular motors, myosin, natural selection, Nature Communications, The Workhorse of the Cell, tinkering}

Walking Wonder: More to Appreciate About Kinesin, the “Workhorse of the Cell”

_{David Coppedge
March 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

In our video, this molecular motor appears to walk slowly and deliberately, but remember: the narrator says it can take a hundred steps a second. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 26, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosomes, daughter cells, DNA replication, histones, intelligent design, kinesin, microtubules, molecular machines, Veritasium, YouTube videos}

Spectacular Video on Molecular Machines and Cell Replication

_{Casey Luskin
August 26, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

2}

Back in June I published a critique of a video posted on the popular YouTube science channel Veritasium. Read More ›