Author: Ann Gauger
Having a BLAST: The Torley Saga, Cont.
There has been an ongoing discussion between Dr. Vincent Torley, a philosopher, and myself on the subject of pseudogenes, synteny, and common descent.
Vincent Torley Thinks I Have Egg on My Face
I didn’t expect to be honored by a 7500-word broadside by philosopher Dr. Vincent Torley, assisted by Dr. Josh Swamidass of Washington University.
The Vitellogenin Pseudogene Story: Unequally Yolked
Synteny refers to how well chromosomal sequences from different species align with one another.
A Fish That Walks
A new paper reports the discovery of a blind cavefish that walks up the walls of waterfalls.
An Engineered “Minimal” Microbe Is Irreducibly Complex, Thus Evidence of Intelligent Design
Where did the first cell come from? As this research prompts us to recall, it’s a chicken-and-egg problem.