I had predicted this a number of times before. As we study genetics further we will find a better way to classify species. Alas, here we have a new paper that
Recent experimental data from proteomics and genomics are interpreted
here in ways that challenge the predominant viewpoint in biology
according to which the four evolutionary processes, including mutation,
recombination, natural selection and genetic drift, are sufficient to
explain the origination of species. The predominant viewpoint appears
incompatible with the finding that the sequenced genome of each species
contains hundreds, or even thousands, of unique genes – the genes that
are not shared with any other species. These unique genes and proteins,
singletons, define the very character of every species. Moreover, the
distribution of protein families from the sequenced genomes indicates
that the complexity of genomes grows in a manner different from that of
self-organizing networks: the dominance of singletons leads to the
conclusion that in living organisms a most unlikely phenomenon can be
the most common one. In order to provide proper rationale for these
conclusions related to the singletons, the paper first treats the
frequency of functional proteins among random sequences, followed by a
discussion on the protein structure space, and it ends by questioning
the idea that protein domains represent conserved units of evolution.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Information - the Word, The Logos
This is a video worth watching. The Q an A is also interesting. The tide is turning....
More support for IDvolution - God “breathed” the super language of DNA into the “kinds” in the creative act.
"the displacement problem - where every attempt to explain the origin of information absent an intelligent agent either fails or it surreptitiously smuggles in the effect of intelligent agency...."
... "a byproduct of this artificial restriction on reasoning that excludes the reality of something of which we all know, which is mind, agency has certain causal powers that nature itself by itself does not have and when we encounter effects that we know only agents can produce it is rational to infer the activity of agency not to exclude it on principle and say well we must be scientific"
More support for IDvolution - God “breathed” the super language of DNA into the “kinds” in the creative act.
"the displacement problem - where every attempt to explain the origin of information absent an intelligent agent either fails or it surreptitiously smuggles in the effect of intelligent agency...."
... "a byproduct of this artificial restriction on reasoning that excludes the reality of something of which we all know, which is mind, agency has certain causal powers that nature itself by itself does not have and when we encounter effects that we know only agents can produce it is rational to infer the activity of agency not to exclude it on principle and say well we must be scientific"
Friday, November 23, 2012
DNA news - now 80% is coding - down goes "junk DNA"
Design predicted this. All along it has been thought function will be found for so called "junk DNA". Now 80% is coding.
ENCODE: Encyclopedia Of DNA Elements
Designed changes vs random changes
This paper shows that some "mutations" are designed changes directed by cellular machinery.
Genomic "tuning knobs" with implicit range are strategies for organisms to change and adapt as needed. We know about fine tuning in the universe, now we see it in life.
Remember the Genetic Piano post (here)? Which keys are chosen to play? What decides?
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Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram -Must see.....
Genomic "tuning knobs" with implicit range are strategies for organisms to change and adapt as needed. We know about fine tuning in the universe, now we see it in life.
Remember the Genetic Piano post (here)? Which keys are chosen to play? What decides?
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How Bees Decide What to Be: Reversible 'Epigenetic' Marks Linked to Behavior Patterns
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Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram -Must see.....
Friday, September 28, 2012
Front Loading? Genetic Entropy? Complexity to simplicity?
More support for design and IDvolution.
Front Loading? Genetic Entropy? Complexity to simplicity? Devolution. Adam and Eve with preternatural gifts to modern day humans? Every day now more evidence comes in supporting IDvolution and design present at the beginning.
Research suggests that evolution sometimes meant becoming simpler, not more complex
(Phys.org)—The view that animals have become more complex over time could be a thing of the past, according to the latest research.
The new evidence, from scientists at the University of St Andrews, suggests that some modern day animals may have evolved instead by becoming less complex.
The researchers say that the discovery, of ghostly remains of gene neighbourhoods that once existed in a 550 million year old ancestor, suggests that the earliest animal was more complex than previously thought.
The findings, published later today in the journal, Current Biology, appear to contradict the common perception of evolution – that creatures have advanced by becoming genetically more complex over time.
more...
Front Loading? Genetic Entropy? Complexity to simplicity? Devolution. Adam and Eve with preternatural gifts to modern day humans? Every day now more evidence comes in supporting IDvolution and design present at the beginning.
Research suggests that evolution sometimes meant becoming simpler, not more complex
(Phys.org)—The view that animals have become more complex over time could be a thing of the past, according to the latest research.
The new evidence, from scientists at the University of St Andrews, suggests that some modern day animals may have evolved instead by becoming less complex.
The researchers say that the discovery, of ghostly remains of gene neighbourhoods that once existed in a 550 million year old ancestor, suggests that the earliest animal was more complex than previously thought.
The findings, published later today in the journal, Current Biology, appear to contradict the common perception of evolution – that creatures have advanced by becoming genetically more complex over time.
more...
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Godel's Incompleteness Theorem - in a nutshell.
Godel's Incompleteness Theorem - in a nutshell.
A good 10 minute video
If video does not play see it here: Kurt Godel - Incompleteness Theorem and Human Intuition
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