Tag: Dan Graur
Why Systems Biologists Now Assume Life Is Optimally Designed
Purported examples of poor design usually represent opinions resulting from armchair critics’ limited understanding of the technical literature.
Next Phase of ENCODE Finds MORE Functional Information in Genome “Junk”
The ENCODE project, now in its 17th year, ended its third phase with a new record of annotated elements in human and mouse genomes. Phase 4 is coming.
Paper Shows that “Mutational Load” Arguments Don’t Refute ENCODE
Perhaps one of ENCODE’s staunchest critics has been Dan Graur, a molecular evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston.
Teleonomy and Evolution
Does a turtle swim ashore and lay eggs, or to lay eggs?
Design in the 4th Dimension: The 4D Nucleome Project
A consortium of scientists is advancing the Human Genome Project into the 4th dimension, promising new insights into the design of life.