Tag: mutation rate

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, airplanes, avida, benefit, budding yeast, Christoph Adami, code, conditional sections, error correction, evolutionary processes, genomes, information, mutation rate, mutational load, mutations, redundancy, redundant systems, robustness, selection, survival, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolutionary Origin of Information: The Problem of Robustness

_{Winston Ewert
September 4, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution

3}

It is surprising to me that the authors of these studies did not consider it more of a priority to understand the mechanics of robustness. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, avida, biological systems, biology, chaperone, Christoph Adami, crystallin, Darwinian evolution, experiments, eye evolution, function, letters, mutation rate, proteins, The Evolution of Biological Information, vertebrate eye}

Avida and Making Eye Evolution Seem Plausible

_{Winston Ewert
August 24, 2026

Biology, Computational Sciences, Evolution

4}

Adami says, “it is hard not to see the parallels to other evolutionary innovations, for example the co-option of the existing crystallin protein in the eye.” Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, bacteria, Darwinian theory, evolution, genome, intelligent design, ionizing radiation, mutagenesis, mutation rate, proteins, toxins}

Antibiotic Resistance: An Example of Chance and Necessity, or Programming?

_{Emily Reeves
May 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Antibiotic resistance is an icon of observable evolution; however, the extent to which chance mutations underpin the phenomenon remains uncertain. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, cell membrane, Dave Farina, David Snoke, drive shaft, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, machine, machinery, Michael Behe, microorganisms, mutation rate, natural selection, outboard motor, population size, Professor Dave, protein science, proteins, Pseudomonas fluorescens, terminology, The Scientist, YouTubers}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis thaliana, cabbage, Darwin-skeptics, DNA, evolution, genome, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, mutation rate, mutations, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, waiting-time problem}

Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2022: “Non-Random” Mutations

_{Casey Luskin
December 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biological systems, Casey Luskin, chloroquine resistance, coordinated mutations, evolution, intelligent design, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, mutation rate, mutations, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, proteins, Robert L. Summers, The Edge of Evolution}

Real-World Data and the Lesson of Chloroquine Resistance

_{Eric H. Anderson
February 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

The take-home lesson is that evolution, on its best day, is an embarrassingly anemic process. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis thaliana, cabbage, Darwin-skeptics, DNA, evolution, genome, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, mutation rate, mutations, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, waiting-time problem}

New Study in Nature Showing “Non-Random” Mutation Spells Trouble for Neo-Darwinism

_{Casey Luskin
February 18, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Artificial Selection, Charles Thaxton, computer simulations, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, DNA, entropy, error catastrophe, evolution, intelligent design, interventions, mutation rate, natural selection, New York University, PNAS, randomness, Roger Olsen, science, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

NYU Scientists Confuse Artificial Selection with Darwinism

_{Science & Culture
January 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

It should be obvious: if you are controlling the mutations and selecting the outcomes, you are not doing Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 14, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, cichlid fish, engineered systems, evolutionary theory, genes, genetic diversity, information, Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria, mutation rate, natural genetic engineering, phenotypic plasticity}

Studies on Cichlid Fish Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Engineering Models for Adaptation

_{Brian Miller
October 14, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Cichlid variation do not primarily originate from random mutations but from engineered systems. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, David Snoke, E. coli, Ebola, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, HIV, malaria, Michael Lynch, Michigan State University, mutation rate, polar bears, population size, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, tiktaalik, tinkering, turtles, viruses, waiting-time problem}

For Dreams of Darwinian Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution Is an Insuperable Problem

_{Michael Behe
March 14, 2019

Evolution

13}

Professor Lenski’s contrasting of the frequency versus importance of evolutionary changes is misconceived and his illustrations are inapt. Read More ›