Tag: yeast
For Beauty, Pleasure, and More, Intelligent Design Expects Non-Essential Genes
In past years, papers have tried to identify the subset of all genes in a genome that are essential for viability.
Two Recent Papers Buttress Michael Behe’s Thesis in Darwin Devolves
Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard.
Nearly All of Evolution Is Best Explained by Engineering
Transposable elements modify gene regulation in maize to confer drought tolerance, alter flowering time, and enable plants to grow in toxic aluminum soils.
Human Orphan Genes — Interesting YouTube Talk Tonight by Nathan Lents
A couple of years ago, Professor Lents became fascinated by orphan genes, and went looking for them in the human genome.
More Ways of Information-Sharing Found in Living Things
Sharing of information is not evolution. It’s like sharing library books, not writing them.