Tag: sperm cells

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, birth, calcium ions, chromosomes, cilia, diploid cells, egg, embryonic development, fallopian tube, fertilization, follicle, germ cells, glycoprotein, humans, intelligent design, meiosis, oogenesis, ovulation, ovum, plasma membrane, seminal fluid, sperm cells, uterus, zona pellucida}

The Exquisite Design of Egg Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 8, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Oogenesis (the process of egg cell formation) begins during embryonic development when the primordial germ cells are specified. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 17, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, biologists, Charles Darwin, complementarity, evolutionary theory, flagellum, genotype, head, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, males, meiosis, middle piece, mitosis, modifications, podcast, sex, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Sex Is a Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 17, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Could sex be the product of a gradual evolutionary process, one dictated by “numerous, successive, slight, modifications,” as Darwin himself put it? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, acrosin, acrosome, acrosome phase, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cap phase, capacitation, cervix, Daniela Nicastro, DNA, dyneins, egg cell, ejaculation, fertilization, fertilized egg, flagellum, foresight, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Golgi phase, haploid genome, Harvard University, human reproduction, hyaluronidase, infant, intelligent design, intent, intercourse, Irreducible Complexity, Jianfeng Lin, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, reproductive tract, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cells, teleology, uterine tubes, uterus, zygote}

No. 9 Story of 2023: Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ATP, barnacles, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin's Black Box, ejaculatory reflex, evolution, fertilization, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jackson Wheat, Michael Behe, microtubules, middle piece, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nick Matzke, purifying selection, roundworm, sperm cells, sperm flagellum}

How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 26, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, Actin, brain, calcium ions, ejaculation, human physiology, humans, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, motor neurons, muscles, myosin, penis, seminal fluid, seminal vesicles, sperm cells}

For Males, an Engineering Marvel that Originates in the Brain

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 26, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Reproductive Science

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The male erection and ejaculatory reflex require multiple physiological processes to work together in an incredible coordinated manner. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 3, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, acrosome, antibodies, ATP, capacitation, cilia, clotting factors, contraceptives, egg, enzymes, evolution, fibrin, flagellum, foresight, fructose, head, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, reproductive tract, seminal fluid, seminal vesicles, sperm cells, zona pellucida}

The Design of the Seminal Fluid and Sperm Capacitation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 3, 2023

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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There is no cause in the universe that is known to have such a capacity of foresight other than intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, acrosin, acrosome, acrosome phase, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cap phase, capacitation, cervix, Daniela Nicastro, DNA, dyneins, egg cell, ejaculation, fertilization, fertilized egg, flagellum, foresight, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Golgi phase, haploid genome, Harvard University, human reproduction, hyaluronidase, infant, intelligent design, intent, intercourse, Irreducible Complexity, Jianfeng Lin, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, reproductive tract, seminal fluid, sperm cells, sperm flagellum, teleology, uterine tubes, uterus, zygote}

On the Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›