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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 7, 2013
Categories
Books of interest
Cambrian explosion
Intelligent Design
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David Warren finds the tone of Steve Meyer’s Darwin’s Doubt “wearying”

News
September 7, 2013
Books of interest, Cambrian explosion, Intelligent Design, News
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Warren: This new book shows the impossibility of that “Cambrian explosion” – in which an astounding variety of incredibly sophisticated “body plans,” including apparent precursors of all we know today, emerged during a singularly quick snip of geological time, all over the planet, starting around 525 million years ago. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 6, 2013
Categories
Natural selection
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Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference Chapter 13—“Selection Threshold Severely Constrains Capture of Beneficial Mutations”—Concluding Comments excerpt

News
September 6, 2013
Natural selection
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Researchers: Our findings raise a very interesting theoretical problem — in a large genome, how do the millions of low-impact (yet functional) nucleotides arise? It is universally agreed that selection works very well for high-impact mutations. However, ... Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 6, 2013
Categories
Natural selection
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Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference Chapter 13—“Selection Threshold Severely Constrains Capture of Beneficial Mutations”—Abstract

News
September 6, 2013
Natural selection
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Researchers: In all experiments that employ biologically reasonable parameters, we observe high STb values and a general failure of selection to preferentially amplify the large majority of beneficial mutations. Read More ›