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Image: Mitochondria, showing inner and outer membranes, by Terrence G. Frey [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Genetic Surprises Support Intelligent Design Claims

Several news items reinforce ideas advanced by ID advocates regarding junk DNA, irreducible complexity, and human uniqueness. Read More ›
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Photo: Christina Cheng, University of Illinois, by L. Brian Stauffer, via EurekAlert!

At Last, the Details of How Proteins Evolve?

It is a difficult question because, setting aside many other problems, the very starting point — the protein-coding gene — is highly complex. Read More ›
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An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”

“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute. Read More ›
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Adam and the Genome and the Mysterious Origin of De Novo Genes

A final case where biologist Dennis Venema deals with evidence that is irrelevant to the existence of Adam and Eve is his claim about ORFan genes. Read More ›

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