DNA Type post Author Casey Luskin Date November 29, 2023 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , BioEssays, body plans, cancer, chimpanzees, diseases, DNA, evolution, evolutionary biologists, function, functionality, gene expression, genes, humans, immune response, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk RNA, lncRNAs, molecular biologists, mRNAs, mutations, natural selection, protein translation, proteins, proteome, repetitive DNA, retrotransposons, ribozymes, species, transcription Roundup of Functions for “Junk DNA” Supports the New RNA Gene Paradigm Casey Luskin November 29, 2023 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design 9 The junk DNA paradigm may have caused us to miss the precise DNA that helps makes a species unique. Read More ›
DNA Type post Author Casey Luskin Date November 27, 2023 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , addiction, alleles, anomalies, Barbara McClintock, BioEssays, circadian rhythms, cognition, DNA, enhancers, epigenetic code, epigenetic inheritance, epigenetics, evolution, genes, genomes, human genome, intelligence, intelligent design, introns, John Mattick, junk DNA, lncRNAs, methylation, molecular biology, mRNAs, neutral evolution, paradigm shift, personality, retroviruses, Ribosome, Scientific American, Short Tandem Repeats, Thomas Kuhn, transposable elements, transposons Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Ten “Anomalies” that Contradict the Junk DNA Paradigm Casey Luskin November 27, 2023 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design 6 John Mattick uses the language of historian of science Thomas Kuhn to predict that we are witnessing a “paradigm shift” away from the concept of junk DNA. Read More ›
DNA Type post Author Casey Luskin Date November 14, 2022 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignMedicinePlanetology Tagged , antibodies, astronauts, bioengineering, cells, COSM 2022, diseases, genome, health, information, medicine, microchips, Microsoft Word, mRNA vaccines, mRNAs, proteins, unintended consequences, University of Washington Is Information the Future of Biology and Medicine? Casey Luskin November 14, 2022 Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Planetology 4 University of Washington’s Georg Seelig wants to “design molecules” and “write genetic information.” Read More ›
Rear-view_mirror Type post Author David Coppedge Date October 20, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Caltech, Christie Wilcox, chromosomes, Duke University, ENCODE, evolution, GENCODE, genes, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, miRNA, mRNAs, Nature Methods, ncRNAs, noncoding RNAs, Research, RNA, The Scientist, UC San Diego, University of New South Wales Noncoding RNA Research Gaining Ground Over “Junk” Label David Coppedge October 20, 2022 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design 9 Perhaps it won’t be long before everyone, critics included, looks at the “junk DNA” concept in the rear-view mirror. Read More ›
Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2 Type post Author Jonathan McLatchie Date January 21, 2019 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, "survival of the fittest", budding yeast, evolution, genome, John Mattick, junk DNA, MIT, molecular biology, mRNAs, Nature (journal), RNA, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Scientific American, splicing “Junk DNA” Suffers a Blow as Nature Papers Find “Global Function” for Introns in Budding Yeast Jonathan McLatchie January 21, 2019 Evolution, Intelligent Design 9 All of this calls to mind a comment from biologist John Mattick, a critic of the junk DNA paradigm. Read More ›