Tag: zygote

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
June 30, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Berkley Gryder, BIO-Complexity, blood cells, bone cells, cells, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, egg cell, embryo, embryologists, ENCODE, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, Epigenome Roadmap, Human Epigenome Project, Human Genome Project, James P. Gills, Nature (journal), nerve cells, New York Times, Nicholas Wade, skin cells, sperm, submarine, Thomas E. Woodward, UC Berkeley, zona pellucida, zygote}

The Zygote Code and Other Mysteries

_{Thomas E. Woodward and James P. Gills, MD
June 30, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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As development progresses, each cell is directed to unique use of its DNA files by the epigenetic system, which sits above the DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
April 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, amino acids, angiogenesis, axon, axon guidance, barcode, blood vessel development, brain, brain tissue, cell behaviors, chemical gradients, chemorepellent, childbirth, cytoskeleton, DNA, Douglas Axe, evo‑devo, evolution, evolutionary development, extracellular matrix, eyes, frog, gene regulatory networks, genome, gland cell, glycoprotein, immune function, intelligent design, midbrain, midline, muscle, N‑cadherin, Nature Materials, NCAM1, nerve, nervous system, organs, PIEZO1, Science Daily, Semaphorin-3A, sensory information, sensory navigation, signaling patterns, skeletal biology, Stuart Burgess, tissue geometry, tissue stiffness, Ultimate Engineering, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition, visual signals, zygote}

Precision Design Logic Explains Neural Wiring Guidance Better than Darwinism Does

_{Howard Glicksman
April 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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This is why Darwinists can easily incorporate new discoveries into their origin narrative. It is because they never really address the true causal implications. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, death, engineer, engineering, Howard Glicksman, intelligent causes, life, material causes, Steve Laufmann, Your Amazing Body, Your Designed Body, zygote}

Do or Die: How Life’s Engineering Keeps Us Alive

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Can purely material causes account for the coherent, interdependent, tightly coordinated, and precision-tuned systems that life requires? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, algorithms, carbohydrates, cognition, David Klinghoffer, death, development, DNA, egg, embryo, embryology, fetus, genes, immaterial genome, infant, information, instructions, lipids, mutations, Mycoplasma genitalium, Plato, Plato's Revenge, proteins, Richard Sternberg, RNA, zygote}

The Math Behind the Immaterial Genome

_{Brian Miller
April 29, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Scientific Reasoning

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While not a formal defense, this analysis aims to give readers an intuitive grasp of the reasoning behind Richard Sternberg's Platonic perspective. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote}

“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, mother, pain, Roman Catholic, zygote}

Why Should a Baby Live?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Cell (journal), cell membrane, embryo, Evolution News, father, glycolysis, mother, newborn, oxygen, placenta, potassium, sodium, Steve Laufmann, The Scientist, University of Cambridge, uterus, Your Designed Body, zygote}

Let’s Think About a Zygote Like an Engineer

_{Howard Glicksman
June 27, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Actually, life is a series of millions of hard problems that have to be solved all the time, or else. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cervix, DNA, egg cell, fertilization, flagellum, foresight, Harvard University, human reproduction, infant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cells, teleology, 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
June 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cervix, DNA, egg cell, fertilization, flagellum, foresight, Harvard University, human reproduction, infant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm cells, teleology, 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 ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 31, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, asexual reproduction, budding, corals, egg, embryo, fetus, Homo sapiens, human being, human development, human life, Jerry Coyne, microorganisms, morality, mother, murder, pain, pro-life, Roman Catholic, sperm, sponges, tissue, womb, worms, zygote}

#2 Story of 2022: If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?

_{Michael Egnor
December 31, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development? Read More ›