Tag: viruses
“That Is a Lot of Evolution”: Study Finds LUCA Required 2,600 Genes
One scientist commented, “LUCA was a very complex cell, with a genome similar to modern bacteria.”
Sociovirologists Say Viruses Can Cheat, Cooperate
What does it mean to say that a defective string of genes’s behavior could be self-defeating? Or self-preserving? Where did the “self” come in?
Newly Discovered War Machines in the Immune System
A newly discovered defense against pathogens involves armor and bullets that render an attacker immobile and self-destructing.
Paper Digest: What Mutation Accumulation Tells Us About Evolution
Though more than a decade old, this work caught my attention for its possible relevance to our current experiences with COVID-19.
What “Resurrecting” the Woolly Mammoth Would Mean for Darwinism
Intelligent design would become the most likely hypothesis to abductively explain the data of life’s history.