Tag: Junk DNA
Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, and the “Line of Despair”
Francis Schaeffer described what he called the “line of despair,” an assumption that faith and reason are separated from each other permanently.
Adam and the Genome and the Mysterious Origin of De Novo Genes
A final case where biologist Dennis Venema deals with evidence that is irrelevant to the existence of Adam and Eve is his claim about ORFan genes.
DNA as Architect as Well as Librarian: Structural Functions of the Double Helix
Early geneticists missed a lot when they looked at DNA only for its coding function.
More Secret Codes in “Junk DNA”
Scientists find the most interesting things when they suspect function in poorly understood parts of the genome.
Darwinian Lysenkoism in America
As Lysenkoism enjoys a revival in Russia, it thrives here too.