Tag: The Quarterly Review of Biology

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, evolution, function, gene loss, genes, intelligent design, John Maynard Smith, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, Nature Heredity, phenotypes, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Vindicated But Not Cited: Paper in Nature Heredity Supports Michael Behe’s Devolution Hypothesis

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The literature is looking at the same data that intelligent design proponents are looking at, making similar observations, and asking similar questions. Read More ›

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Date
December 19, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, birds, Darwinian theory, devolution, flightlessness, function, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, molecular evolution, molecular level of life, niche advantages, peer-reviewed literature, The Quarterly Review of Biology, viruses}

Michael Behe: Evolution by Devolution

_{Science and Culture
December 19, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution

1}

An example of this devolutionary process on a showy scale? Flightless island birds, devolved from birds that could fly. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 4, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Charles Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian processes, evolution, FCT, function, Functional-Coded-elemenT, HIV, information, natural selection, New Scientist, On the Origin of Species, proteins, random mutation, retroviruses, RNA, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Important Medical Effects but Modest Mutations

_{Michael Behe
February 4, 2020

Evolution

6}

It’s important to remember that Darwinian factors are indeed real and can have important medical effects, but they only modify life around the edges. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
April 12, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteriophages, Darwin Devolves, E. coli, enhancers, evolution, FCT, Functional-Coded-elemenT, insulators, lambda, LTEE, MacArthur Fellow, Michigan State University, National Academy of Sciences, OmpF, promoters, Richard Lenski, Science (journal), Sean Carroll, Telliamed Revisited, The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Can’t Anybody Here Make Distinctions?

_{Michael Behe
April 12, 2019

Biology, Evolution

6}

Professor Lenski revisits a series of experiments on the bacteriophage lambda begun by his lab around 2012. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 3, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, Christians, dentists, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, intelligent design, journalists, Kevin Williamson, Michael Behe, National Academy of Sciences, National Review, Nobel laureates, poets, Richard Lenski, Scientific Dissent from Darwin, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Wikipedia}

Science and Its Consequences: Kevin Williamson Versus Intelligent Design, Again

_{David Klinghoffer
April 3, 2019

Biochemistry, Science Reporting

5}

The question before us was whether anyone but journalists and other amateurs take the science of ID, “daft rube-bait” according to Kevin, seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 29, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, E. coli, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, flexibility, Functional-Coded-elemenT, gain of function, genes, genetic information, hemoglobin, high fat diet, Long Term Evolution Experiment, loss of function, LTEE, MacArthur Fellow, mice, Michigan State University, mutations, National Academy of Sciences, polar bears, proteins, ribose operon, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Yersinia pestis}

Thanks, Professor Lenski, the LTEE Is Doing Great!

_{Michael Behe
March 29, 2019

Intelligent Design

11}

Lenski agrees that the beneficial mutations seen in his Long Term Evolution Experiment are overwhelmingly degradative or loss-of-function ones. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 21, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bacterial flagellum, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genome sequencing, homology, Ian Musgrave, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lehigh University, malaria, Michael Behe, outboard motor, Pajaro Dunes, PNAS, proteins, similarity, The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology, viruses}

Michael Behe: A Man and His Critics

_{Ann Gauger
March 21, 2019

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

11}

Behe is not in a defensive posture, despite his critics. He continues to advance. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, blubber, cholesterol, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, DNA, evolution, fat metabolism, genes, MacArthur Fellow, mice, Michigan State University, polar bears, proteins, Response to Criticism, Richard Lenski, Science (journal), Telliamed Revisited, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Lessons from Polar Bear Studies

_{Michael Behe
March 6, 2019

Evolution, History of Science, Philosophy of Science

10}

Computer methods of analyzing mutations are widely used because they are generally accurate. They do not suddenly lose their accuracy when I cite them. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, blood-clotting cascade, Cambridge University Press, chloroquine, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, E. coli, Ernst Mayr, evolution, exaptation, Finding Darwin's God, gene duplication, hemoglobin, Hox genes, Kenneth Miller, Long Term Evolution Experiment, mammals, mutations, myoglobin, Nathan Lents, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, olfaction, plasminogen, PLoS Genetics, primates, Response to Criticism, ribose, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, Russell Doolittle, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Train Wreck of a Review: A Response to Lenski et al. in Science

_{Michael Behe
February 14, 2019

Evolution

30}

Richard Lenski has spent decades overseeing the most extensive, most acclaimed laboratory evolution experiment conducted to date. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 7, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, devolution, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, intelligent design, John Jay College, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, offspring, Peaceful Science, Response to Criticism, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Woo-hoo! In Science Review of Darwin Devolves, Lenski Has No Response to My Main Argument

_{Michael Behe
February 7, 2019

Biology, Evolution

3}

In a few days I will offer a detailed rebuttal. But here is the overwhelmingly important point to notice right up front. Read More ›