Tag: sequence space

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, mutations, natural processes, podcast, proteins, Research, Rope Kojonen, sequence space}

Brian Miller: Rarity and Isolation of Proteins in Sequence Space

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 29, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Dr. Miller reports on research showing that the probability of a protein continuing to work after each mutation drops precipitously. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, Casey Luskin, Emily Reeves, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary mechanisms, functional sequences, functionality, intelligent design, isolation, Jupiter, laws of nature, No Free Lunch theorems, planets, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, sequence space, spacecraft, stars, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Proteins Are Rare and Isolated — And Thus, Cannot Evolve

_{Brian Miller
November 20, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

6}

Here is a simple analogy. Imagine a planetary rover lands on the north pole of a planet, and the humans controlling it wish to drive to the south pole. Read More ›

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Andreas Wagner, Casey Luskin, Dan Tawfik, Emily Reeves, empirical evidence, evolution, Evolution News, fitness landscapes, function, intelligent design, mutations, natural laws, natural processes, preconditions, proteins, Religions (journal), Research, Rope Kojonen, sequence space, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), undirected process, Weizmann Institute}

To Create Functional Proteins, Evolution Would Need a Miracle

_{Brian Miller
November 14, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

7}

Theologian Rope Kojonen claims that God designed the laws of nature, which then gave rise to “fine-tuned” preconditions and smooth fitness landscapes. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
September 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, AlphaFold, DNA, English, Eugene Koonin, French National Centre for Scientific Research, genes, intelligent design, Paul Nelson, protein folding, ribosomes, sequence space, virosphere, viruses, waiting-time problem}

Why AlphaFold Has Not Solved the Protein-Folding Problem

_{Paul Nelson
September 29, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

4}

The online database AlphaFold represents an amazing breakthrough by any measure of the word “breakthrough.” Read More ›

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post

Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, biological origins, creationists, Darwinian evolution, English, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, John Maynard Smith, Nature (journal), neo-Darwinian theory, protein space, sequence space, Yale University}

Social Exclusion and the Evolution Debate

_{Paul Nelson
May 27, 2021

Evolution

2}

Social exclusion via refusal to engage is probably the most powerful and effective means of controlling the debate about origins within science. Read More ›

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post

Author
Ann Gauger

Date
May 6, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, caterpillar, intelligent design, love, mutations, natural selection, neutral evolution, pattern, population, proteins, sequence space}

Love, Chocolate, and Neutral Evolution

_{Ann Gauger
May 6, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Neutral evolution means mutations are occurring all the time, and most of the time they are neutral, or nearly neutral. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 28, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Caltech, DNA, Douglas Axe, E. coli, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, industry, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, medicine, mutations, Nobel Prize, oxymoron, proteins, science, sequence space, universe, University of Missouri}

#5 of Our Top Stories of 2018: It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

_{Ann Gauger
December 28, 2018

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Intelligent Design

5}

In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function. Read More ›

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post

Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 6, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, Darwinian theory, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, experiments, François Jacob, function, genome sequencing, insects, intelligent design, nucleotide sequences, orphan genes, protein folds, RNA, sequence space, transcription}

About Orphan Genes — What’s the Big Problem for Evolution?

_{Ann Gauger
November 6, 2018

Evolution

7}

Orphan genes — genes that are present in only one species, or a group of closely related species — are of particular interest to advocates of intelligent design. Read More ›

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post

Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Caltech, DNA, Douglas Axe, E. coli, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, industry, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, medicine, mutations, Nobel Prize, oxymoron, proteins, science, sequence space, universe, University of Missouri}

It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

_{Ann Gauger
October 4, 2018

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function. Read More ›

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post

Author
Douglas Axe

Date
February 6, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, Current Biology, Dennis Venema, DNA, evolution, functional sequences, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, Nature Reviews Genetics, protein folding, proteins, RNA, Sapientia, sequence space, Undeniable (book)}

Losing the Forest by Fixating on the Trees — A Response to Venema’s Critique of Undeniable

_{Douglas Axe
February 6, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

13}

I was asked recently to take part in an online symposium. The journal Sapientia, published by the Carl F.H. Henry Center, invited four theistic evolutionists to review my book. Read More ›