Tag: non-coding DNA
A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!
Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal.
Genetic Surprises Support Intelligent Design Claims
Several news items reinforce ideas advanced by ID advocates regarding junk DNA, irreducible complexity, and human uniqueness.
At Last, the Details of How Proteins Evolve?
It is a difficult question because, setting aside many other problems, the very starting point — the protein-coding gene — is highly complex.
An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”
“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute.
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.