Tag: bacteria
Engineered Complexity in the Microbial World
Many biological “adaptations” may involve the use of innate abilities or the disruption of existing functions, rather than the creation of entirely new ones.
Transcriptional Hierarchies Exhibit Recurring Design Logic and Challenge Evolution
A transcriptional hierarchy is a regulatory system in which genes are expressed in a specific ordered sequence.
Recurring Design Logic in Gene Regulation
A feature of biology that has struck me over the years is the phenomenon of recurring design logic, across systems that do not appear to be related by descent.
Günter Bechly on Life’s Sudden Information Explosions
“There’s no reasonable way,” Bechly concludes, “to get from bacteria to mammals via evolutionary processes.”
God and the Odds of ET
There is a rational and intellectually defensible strategy for maintaining a measure of optimism about the possibility of extra-terrestrial life.