Tag: optimality
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.
Concluding Comments: Playing God vs. Respecting Design
It truly matters that we follow the evidence to its logical end and base our research and applications on that end.
Intelligent Design Has Implications for Genome Editing
Biology is a lavish display of sophisticated designs exceeding all human engineering to date.
Is the INK4a/ARF Overlap a Settled Example of Poor Design?
Dr. DeBenedictis’s basic argument is that there is a section of the human genome where two genes overlap, both of which are important for suppressing tumors.
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.