Tag: ENCODE
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.
An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing
From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans.
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.
Surprises in Cell Codes Reveal Information Goes Far Beyond DNA
Information is the stuff of life. Not limited to DNA, information is found in most biomolecules in living cells.