Tag: mutation rate

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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, Kanamycin, mutagenesis, mutation rate, proteins, stochasticity, toxins}

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

_{Emily Reeves
May 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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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, bushings, cell membrane, Dave Farina, David Snoke, drive shaft, FleQ, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, machine, machinery, Michael Behe, microorganisms, mutation rate, natural selection, NtrC, outboard motor, point mutations, 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, mustard, mutation rate, mutations, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, thale cress, waiting-time problem}

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

_{Casey Luskin
December 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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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, CCC, chloroquine complexity cluster, chloroquine resistance, coordinated mutations, evolution, intelligent design, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, mutation rate, mutations, PfCRT, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, proteins, Robert L. Summers, Sandwalk, 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, mustard, mutation rate, mutations, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, thale cress, 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, Eigen catastrophe, 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 and 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, operational gravity well, 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
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, David Snoke, E. coli, Ebola, FedEx, 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, Yersinia pestis}

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 ›

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Date
December 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, bottleneck, generations, Human Evolution (journal), human origins, humans, inference, intelligent design, most recent common ancestor, mutation rate, neutral evolution, nucleotide diversity, population, Rockefeller University, species, University of Basel}

Merry Christmas! #8 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Humans and Animals Are (Mostly) the Same Age?

_{Science and Culture
December 25, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

4}

I am intrigued, but to be honest, I don’t quite know what to make of it just yet, and don’t want to jump to any conclusions. Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, bottleneck, earth, generations, Human Evolution (journal), human origins, humans, inference, intelligent design, most recent common ancestor, mutation rate, neutral evolution, nucleotide diversity, population, Rockefeller University, species, University of Basel}

New Paper in Evolution Journal: Humans and Animals Are (Mostly) the Same Age?

_{Science and Culture
June 8, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

3}

I am intrigued, but to be honest, I don’t quite know what to make of it just yet, and don’t want to jump to any conclusions. Read More ›