Tag: mutation rate
Antibiotic Resistance: An Example of Chance and Necessity, or Programming?
Antibiotic resistance is an icon of observable evolution; however, the extent to which chance mutations underpin the phenomenon remains uncertain.
Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella
The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty?
Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2022: “Non-Random” Mutations
The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection.
Real-World Data and the Lesson of Chloroquine Resistance
The take-home lesson is that evolution, on its best day, is an embarrassingly anemic process.
New Study in Nature Showing “Non-Random” Mutation Spells Trouble for Neo-Darwinism
The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection.