Category: ‘Junk DNA’
Pseudogenes, gene fragments, junk DNA … here they come
| August 11, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Video |
Junk DNA mostly a myth? Evolution will never be the same again. (Never was before either.) more
David Tyler: Demolishing Junk DNA as an icon of evolution
| July 15, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
For many of us, an important characteristic of science is self-correction. We are proud of the way new findings catalyse re-evaluation and, if corrections are needed, the development of new knowledge. If you are like this, be prepared to be shocked when you read Jonathan Wells’ latest book. The concept of Junk DNA was widely… more
Anyone else for the myth of junk DNA? Richard Dawkins, for one
| July 13, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Darwinism |
He certainly drew the desired Darwinian conclusion: “The amount of DNA in organisms,” Dawkins wrote in 1976, “is more than is strictly necessary for building them: A large fraction of the DNA is never translated into protein. From the point of view of the individual organism this seems paradoxical. If the ‘purpose’ of DNA is… more
Who else believed in the myth of junk DNA? Jerry Coyne, for example
| July 2, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Darwinism |
In 2009, University of Chicago geneticist Jerry A. Coyne compared predictions based on intelligent design with those based on Darwinian evolution. “If organisms were built from scratch by a designer,” he argued, they would not have imperfections. “Perfect design would truly be the sign of a skilled and intelligent designer. Imperfect design is the mark… more
If you make a prediction and it doesn’t happen …
| June 16, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Darwinism |
In 2010, University of California Distinguished Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology John C. Avise published a book titled Inside the Human Genome: A Case for Non-Intelligent Design, in which he wrote that “noncoding repetitive sequences–’ junk DNA’–comprise the vast bulk (at least 50%, and probably much more) of the human genome.” Avise argued that… more
Christian Darwinists talk around the slam-dunk “junk” DNA – Casy Luskin dissects
| June 1, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA' |
Whatever your theology, notice the significance of the fact that self-identified Christians were shown to be wrong because they made a prediction against God’s design in nature. It’s one thing to be wrong. It’s another to be wrong for discreditable reasons. Here at Evolution News & Views (June 1, 2011), Casey Luskin reviews Giberson and… more
At least Forbes.com’s John Farrell, while trashing Jonathan Wells’ “junk DNA” book, doesn’t threaten to actually read it.
| May 22, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design |
He sniffs that he might, in the end, review it, as time permits. One hopes he’ll read it first. Some readers of reviews like that sort of thing, and there is simply no accounting for tastes. PZ Myers, however, has threatened to read the book. Farrell (“Jonathan Wells’s “The Myth … of the Myth of… more
All junk, no junk, who’ll give a buck for junk – thoughts on junk DNA
| May 20, 2011 | Posted by O'Leary under 'Junk DNA' |
It looks like Francis Collins’ famed “junk DNA” – that proves Darwinism – is not junk after all. And that an ID theorist predicted we would find that. Of course, because Darwinism must be correct, a fact can only confirm it, never disconfirm it. So it makes no difference that the Darwinists were wrong and… more
Darwinist response to Wells’ junk DNA book: PZ Myers threatens to read it
| May 16, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Darwinism |
As David Klinghoffer puts it at ENV: Over the weekend, Jonathan Wells’s The Myth of Junk DNA broke into the top five on Amazon’s list of books dealing with genetics — a list normally dominated at its pinnacle by various editions of Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene. Not bad, Jonathan.The juxtaposition with Dawkins’ Selfish Gene… more
The ballad of junk DNA
| May 5, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA' |
An unknown poet’s riff on “junk DNA”, arrived by post at the top secret UD bunker in an undisclosed, unimaginable location: (Would go well to tune of “Way Up on Old Smoky” – here. Try it! ) On top of our genome All covered with cash, I see BioLogos And they’re talkin’ trash. more
If you want to argue for Darwin’s god, the worst place to begin is …
| May 5, 2011 | Posted by O'Leary under 'Junk DNA' |
So junk DNA turns out to be “junque” DNA? You know the scenario – it was junk to the guy cleaning out his attic, but the dealer he sold it to for $3.00 got $10K from a collector. And all legal too. A perfect snapshot of the theistic evolutionist. Over at ENV, Casey Luskin reflects… more
The ID guys vs. the Darwinists on junk DNA
| May 3, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design |
Yesterday, original Darwinist assumptions about “junk DNA” were offered; today, again courtesy Donald Johnson’s Probability’s Nature and Nature’s Probability LITE: A Call to Scientific Integrity. Now, let’s see what the ID guys had to say about it (p. 57): “Junk DNA” has been classified as a misnomer by ID proponents as early as 1986… more
While we wait for Jonathan Wells’ “junk DNA” book … the Darwin show’s all-star cast has tackled the subject fearlessly
| May 2, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Darwinism |
Donald Johnson, a scientist who checked out of Darwinism, had a look at the junk DNA file in Probability’s Nature and Nature’s Probability LITE: A Call to Scientific Integrity (2009), p. 56: Dawkins popularized the idea that any DNA not actively trying to get to the next generation would slowly decay away through mutation and… more
Resources for Jonathan Wells’ “Myth of Junk DNA”, including free excerpt
| April 19, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA' |
Here’s the Web site for Jonathan Wells’ The Myth of Junk DNA . You can read an excerpt here, and articles here Here’s the Uncommon Descent interview with Wells. Here’s the vid. more
Pseudogenes are key regulators in health and disease, not junk?
| April 18, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design |
This paper in RNA argues the case: Pseudogenes: Pseudo-functional or key regulators in health and disease? more
Free download of Johns Hopkins medic’s book on “jumping genes”
| April 14, 2011 | Posted by News under 'Junk DNA', Medicine |
Mobile DNA, Finding Treasure in Junk, by Haig H. Kazazian is available free for download at Barnes and Noble: In Mobile DNA, leading geneticist Haig Kazazian thoroughly reviews our current understanding of the substantial role mobile genetic elements play in genome and organism evolution and function. He offers an accessible intellectual history of mobile DNA,… more
Jonathan Wells on his book, The Myth of Junk DNA – yes, it is a Darwinist myth and he nails it as such
| March 28, 2011 | Posted by O'Leary under 'Junk DNA' |
Jonathan Wells will publish The Myth of Junk DNA early in May, and offers answers to some questions posed by Denyse O’Leary: So, for those who dropped science after Grade Ten, what is junk/non-coding DNA? “Non-coding” in this context means “non-protein-coding.” An important function of our DNA is to specific the sequences of subunits… more
Hello, World: Toronto’s evolution stalwart and textbook writer Larry Moran is NOT a Darwinist
| March 21, 2011 | Posted by O'Leary under 'Junk DNA', Darwinism |
Here, University of Toronto’s Larry Moran, blogger at Sandwalk (named after Darwin’s garden path) and famed (okay, okay, reputable) textbook author, commented at UncommonDescent on this story about Jonathan Wells’ new book on the junk DNA myth, complaining, Denyse, you’ve promised in the past to stop using the term “Darwinism” to refer to all of… more
New book: Junk DNA junked … in favour of what?
| March 20, 2011 | Posted by O'Leary under 'Junk DNA', Books of interest |
Jonathan Wells’ book, The Myth of Junk DNA (Discovery, 2011), is now being advertised at Amazon: According to the modern version of Darwin’s theory, DNA contains a program for embryo development that is passed down from generation to generation; the program is implemented by proteins encoded by the DNA, and accidental DNA mutations introduce changes… more
Francis Collins, junk DNA, God, and whatever
| March 4, 2011 | Posted by O'Leary under 'Junk DNA' |
JonathanM recently noted that Francis Collins appears to have changed his mind on junk DNA in his new book, The Language of Life , from what he said in The Language of God. I looked up what Francis Collins had to say re junk DNA in The Language of God, in his own right, and… more