Tag: nucleotides
New Article from James Tour Undermines a Pillar of Origin-of-Life Theories
Proteins and RNA degrade at rates that render their spontaneous formation under natural, undirected conditions highly implausible.
Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter?
One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic.
Additional Method of Analysis Confirms Human-Chimp Genomes Are About 15 Percent Different
This number is only looking at the non-sex chromosomes. When you look at the sex chromosomes, the differences seem to be even greater.
Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code
This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA).
Life and Origami: Lessons from the Art of Paper-Folding
The differences between an origami figure and a living thing are more instructive than their similarities.