Tag: transposons
Starship Enterprise: Fungal Transposons Boldly Go
Newly recognized large transposable elements in fungi dubbed Starships may not be selfish after all.
How Octopuses Got So Smart? “Junk DNA”
Jumping genes used to be dismissed as junk DNA which in turn was held to be slam-dunk evidence for unguided evolutionary processes.
Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect
Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation.
Darwin’s Tree Morphs into a Network, with Implications for Intelligent Design
If lateral gene transfer is rampant throughout life, the universal tree of life becomes a matter of philosophical preference, not empirical demonstration.
Information from Nothing? Darwinists Must Believe It
Some evolutionists are becoming bolder in their assertions that information can arise from stochastic processes without intelligence.