Tag: human genome
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.
Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure
I will begin with an example from embryology, then turn to metabolism, and finish with the breadth of chemical space covered by the natural amino acids.
Human Orphan Genes — Interesting YouTube Talk Tonight by Nathan Lents
A couple of years ago, Professor Lents became fascinated by orphan genes, and went looking for them in the human genome.
#4 Story of 2020: Evolution, Design, and COVID-19
The waves may be huge and the surface roiling, but the deeper waters continue as they always have, essentially undisturbed.
Listen: Biochemist Michael Behe Puts Coronavirus in a Helpful Scientific Perspective
Are we 8 percent virus (when we’re not 98 percent chimpanzee)? Dr. Behe explains that it’s not quite that clear.