Tag: orphan genes

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 16, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animal behaviors, bioinformaticians, biology, biomedicine, biopolymers, Budapest, Carlo Alberto Cossano, cells, chemical engineer, chemical engineers, cultural anthropologists, Danube River, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, engineering, ERTEM, Germany, human origins, Hungarian, Hungarian Parliament Building, Hungary, information, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, Italy, languages, molecular machines, Norway, origin of life, orphan genes, Poland, proteins, Research, Unexpected Genome, United Kingdom}

Postcard from Budapest: Intelligent Design Is Growing in Europe

_{Casey Luskin
August 16, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

3}

I started with a brief explanation of what ID theory is and how it works and then went through about a dozen examples of ID research. Read More ›

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post

Date
March 27, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Tagged
, AlphaFold2 Multimer, binding, disorder, Drosophila melanogaster, interactome, intrinsic disorder, intrinsically disordered regions, Junhui Peng, Li Zhao, orphan genes, PLOS Computational Biology, protein-protein interactions, proteins, Rockefeller University, taxonomically restricted genes}

It Turns Out Disorder Is Functionally Important

_{Science & Culture
March 27, 2026

Biology, Genetics

1}

Li Zhao of Rockefeller University is a leading investigator on the origin and function of orphan and taxonomically restricted genes (TRGs) and proteins. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, body plans, Casey Luskin, Christmas, common ancestry, discoveries, engineering, evolutionary biology, functionality, genome, genome sequencing, ID the Future, intelligent design, junk DNA, Neo-Darwinism, organs, origin of life, orphan genes, predictions, purpose, Research, teleology, universe}

Casey Luskin on the Rising Tide of Intelligent Design Research

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 25, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Any scientific theory for the origin of life and the universe is only as strong as its research program. For intelligent design, this is good news. Read More ›

Close-up shot of microscope with metal lens.

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, assumptions, biology, Casey Luskin, complex biological features, cosmic fine-tuning, DNA, Elon Musk, epigenetics, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary models, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, orphan genes, peer-reviewed literature, population genetics, predictions, Research, Salvo Magazine, sugar code, Terrell Clemmons, Third Way of Evolution, Tree of Life}

Luskin: The State of the Intelligent Design Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Terrell Clemmons asked, "Where have you seen the ID movement make strides?" This is some of the material that I wish someone would share with Elon Musk. Read More ›

Digital illustration DNA structure in blue background

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adenine, Ann Gauger, California, Cambridge, cytosine, Dartmouth College, Darwinists, DNA, England, evolution, genes, Genesis, genetic similarity, guanine, Hebrews, ID the Future, intelligent design, mutations, non-coding DNA, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, proteins, salvo, Stephen Meyer, thymine, War and Peace}

Darwin’s Orphan Foe: A Gene Army Comes for Darwinism

_{Jonathan Witt
October 17, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

9}

Evolutionary theory led evolutionists to expect these genes to be rare. As it turns out, they aren’t. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, biological systems, Biomimetics, Bristol University, chicken-and-egg problem, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Dartmouth College, Denton, evolution, Evolution (journal), flexibility, heuristic, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Judeo-Christian tradition, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Marcos Eberlin, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, pelvis, proteins, ribosomes, RNA, Stephen Jay Gould, strength, Stuart Burgess, Texas, whales, Zombie Science (book)}

Systems Biology Cracks Life’s Engineered Intricacies — A Report from CELS

_{Jonathan Witt
January 10, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

9}

The cherished evolutionary story of whales' “vestigial” pelvic bones joins the growing pile of discredited icons of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, epigenetics, evolution, gene expression, genes, Hox genes, mitochondrial DNA, Müller cells, On the Origin of Species, optic nerve, orphan genes, retina, Richard Dawkins, selfish genes, Technion, The Blind Watchmaker, The Selfish Gene}

New Book Puts Richard Dawkins’s “Selfish Genes” in the ICU

_{Emily Reeves
May 2, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Dr. Jarvis lays out numerous pieces of evidence that jeopardize Dawkins’s view that genes are selfish and act as the units of selection. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cats, chimpanzees, common design, DNA, embryos, Emily Reeves, evolution, fossil record, genes, genomes, homology, horses, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, phylogenetic trees, proteins, Richard Dawkins, students, teachers, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life, Zombie Science (book)}

Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

11}

The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Read More ›

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post

Date
November 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, altruism, Animal Algorithms, Charles Darwin, colony insects, Eric Cassell, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, orphan genes, Robert J. Marks II}

Amazing Insect Colonies vs. Evolution

_{Science & Culture
November 11, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

How could a mindless evolutionary process have evolved these sophisticated colonies? Read More ›

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post

Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, genome, Human Errors, human genome, intelligent design, Nathan Lents, open reading frame, ORfan genes, orphan genes, undirected evolution, yeast}

Human Orphan Genes — Interesting YouTube Talk Tonight by Nathan Lents

_{Paul Nelson
February 11, 2021

Evolution

1}

A couple of years ago, Professor Lents became fascinated by orphan genes, and went looking for them in the human genome. Read More ›