Tag: epigenetics
The Epigenome: Evolution’s Newest Nightmare
When all else fails, look brave. Three Harvard biologists seek to face the daunting new challenge with an essay in Current Biology.
On Darwin Day, Pushing the “Anti-Science” Panic Button
It’s a rare thing when we can get the Darwinists who spend so much time denouncing intelligent design to actually argue with us about the science.
Tom Woodward’s The Mysterious Epigenome: Effectively Popularizing Richard Sternberg’s Revolutionary Thesis
Far more than biology has been willing to admit, animal body plans and other features of life are determined by information sources that lie outside of DNA itself.
Parallel Host and Parasite Phylogenies: Do They Imply Common Ancestry?
Consider this diagram — or “tanglegram” — representing the parallel phylogenies yielded by pocket gophers and their lice parasites.
Epigenetics and the “Piano” Metaphor
In biological terms the pianist corresponds to the epigenetic processes that “play” the otherwise static linear information represented in DNA.