Tag: Research
News About Epigenetics
With the evolution of the field of epigenetics, we are watching a new paradigm unfold with far-reaching implications for the question of Darwin v. design.
A Genetic Snooze Button: How Synonymous Codons Regulate the Biological Clock
Evidence mounts that synonymous codons (those that code for the same amino acid) have a function. In one case, they appear to act as a “snooze button” for the biological clock.
“Appeal to Authority”? A Reader Rightly Chides Me
Dr. Skell is by far the more credible source, but just not for the precise reason I initially indicated.
Machine Within a Machine: The Ciliary Partitioning System
The cilium as a whole, an antenna-like structure on most human cells, was already irreducibly complex. Now, just one part of it appears also to be irreducibly complex.
It’s Life, Jim, But Not as We Know It
“Thinking about the origin of RNA reminds me of the paradox of your grandfather’s ax.”