Genetics
New York Times piece: “There’s not a grain of real science in it that’s worth putting on the front page”
This just in: We are 99.5% gorilla …
Three dimensional chromosome arrangements can affect genetics
“At least 1 percent of human genes can be shut down without causing serious disease.”
Jerry Coyne’s hilarious takedown of Chris Mooney’s new “yer politics is in yer genes” book
Transposable elements are the new “junk DNA”? May have function ….
Remember that Fate of Darwinism paper? Here’s what it says on Dawkins’ selfish gene …
Why you are not your genes, and even your genes are not “your genes”
ID Foundations 15(c) — A FAQ on Front-Loading, thanks to Genomicus
Onlookers, Geno concludes for the moment with FAQ’s: ____________________ Geno: >> A Testable ID Hypothesis: Front-loading, part C In the last two articles on front-loading, I explained what the front-loading hypothesis is all about and some research questions we can ask from a front-loading perspective. This article will be an FAQ about the front-loading hypothesis. So, without further introduction, let’s begin (note: some of the content of this FAQ can be found in the previous two articles). What is front-loading? “Front-loading is the investment of a significant amount of information at the initial stage of evolution (the first life forms) whereby this information shapes and constrains subsequent evolution through its dissipation. This is not to say that every aspect of Read More ›
ID Foundations, 15(a): A Testable ID Hypothesis — Front-Loading, part A (a guest-post by Genomicus)
(Series on Front-loading continues, here) As we continue the ID Foundations series, it will be necessary to reflect on a fairly wide range of topics, more than any one person can cover. So, when the opportunity came up to put Front-Loading on the table from a knowledgeable advocate of it, Genomicus, I asked him if he would be so kind as to submit such a post. He graciously agreed, and so, please find the below for our initial reflections; with parts B and C (and maybe, more? please, please, sir . . . 😆 ) to follow shortly, DV: ____________________ >> Critics of intelligent design (ID) often argue that ID does not offer any testable biological hypotheses. Indeed, often times Read More ›