Tag: translation

Sanger Sequencing. 3D illustration of a method of DNA sequencing.

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alternative reading frames, coding-sequence overlaps, codon-anticodon duplex formation, codons, constraints, DNA, fine-tuning, frameshifts, frozen accident, genetic code, Genome Research, hydrogen bond, hydrophobicity, mistranslation, nucleosomes, point mutations, protein sequences, purine, pyrimidines, random codes, RNA, specificity, splicing signals, translation, translation errors, tRNA, wobble position}

The Genetic Code: Two More Levels of Optimization

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 6, 2026

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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We have surveyed multiple levels at which the genetic code, far from a “frozen accident,” appears highly optimized across multiple independent constraints. Read More ›

Male construction road worker holding a stop sign and directing traffic on the street. Traffic management

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 5, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alternative codes, amino acids, aspartic acid, biology, codon family, codons, deletions, frameshift, frameshift mutations, genetic code, genetics, glutamic acid, indels, insertions, intelligent design, mapping system, nucleotides, optimization, parameters, stop codons, translation, triplets}

Stop Signals in Disguise: How the Genetic Code Guards Against Frameshifts

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 5, 2026

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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A frameshift mutation occurs as the result of indels (insertions or deletions) of a number of nucleotides that is non-divisible by three. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Arginine, biosynthesis, blind processes, design logic, DNA, engineering, enzymes, evolution, genes, histidine, homology, intelligent design, mRNA, operons, prokaryotes, recurring design logic, regulation, Ribosome, RNA polymerase, transcription, translation, tryptophan, unguided processes}

Recurring Design Logic in Attenuation Mechanisms

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 30, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite the striking parallels between these systems in terms of the design logic, these attenuation systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, ATP, Brian Miller, Eric Anderson, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, metabolic pathways, origin of life, PNAS, podcast, proteins, Stephen Meyer, transcription, translation}

Brian Miller: Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Theories

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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Is origin of life research going round in circles, like the proverbial snake in pursuit of its own tail? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, En Arche Foundation, evolution, Evolution News, Geoffrey Simmons, Grzegorz Malec, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Flannery, Muslims, Polish, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, The Design Inference, Thomas Nagel, translation, United States, What Darwin Didn’t Know, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert, YouTubers}

Dembski, Ewert, and Intelligent Design in Polish: “A Game Changer”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 11, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Among our partners around the world, one of the finest, doing some of the most impressive work, is the En Arche Foundation in Poland. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Ann Gauger, bias, causal circularity, cells, circular reasoning, codons, common ancestor, cysteine, DNA, genetic code, helicase, histidine, mind, natural processes, nucleotides, Phys.org, PNAS, proteins, replication, RNA world, topoisomerase, transcription, translation}

Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code

_{Brian Miller
January 27, 2025

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Discovering Intelligent Design, information, intelligence, Jack Szostak, Long Story Short, machines, molecular machines, Nobel Prize, origin of information, proteins, replication, RNA, RNA world, Scientific American, specified information, Stanley Miller, transcription, translation, UC San Diego}

Long Story Short: The Origin of Replication and the Information Sequence Problem

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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As an undergraduate at UC San Diego, I attended a seminar taught by Stanley Miller, the famous chemist who put origin-of-life research on the map. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
December 1, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, English, evolution, French, German, intelligent design, Lamarckism, Latin, Mother Nature, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Samuel Wilberforce, telos, translation}

Natural Selection: A Conceptually Incoherent Term

_{Neil Thomas
December 1, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

As a schoolboy I remember being told that the surest way of finding out if any given English proposition made sense or not was to try to translate it into Latin, French, or German. Read More ›

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Date
January 20, 2021

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, California, cells, Columbia University, CRISPR-Cas9, DNA, Escherichia coli, genes, information, intelligent design, junk DNA, Nature (journal), New York City, ribosomes, semantic information, steganography, translation}

DNA Storage Goes Biological

_{Science & Culture
January 20, 2021

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design

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DNA is already known to be an ideal storage medium. Why not use cells to do the hard work? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 17, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, animals, Bible, Chinese, code, doubt, Douglas Ell, Edgar Allan Poe, Egypt, English, Evolution News, faith, Hebrew Bible, humanity, intelligent design, lawyers, MIT, Russian, science, Sherlock Holmes, Spanish, Talmud, teenagers, translation, William Shakespeare}

ID Made Sassy: A New Book for Young People

_{David Klinghoffer
December 17, 2020

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Scientific Reasoning

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Douglas Ell's concept is a dialogue between Doubt and Reason, who sass each other merrily. Read More ›