Various components of the mitotic cell division apparatus are indispensable for the system to work. This makes the eukaryotic cell division irreducibly complex, rendering it resistant to explanations in terms of blind, evolutionary processes.
The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle: An Irreducibly Complex System Read More »
My new paper is out now in the journal BIO-Complexity, regarding the origins of the eukaryotic cell division cycle.
New Paper Challenges Evolutionary Account of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle Read More »
Multiple challenges confront an explanation of the glycolytic pathway in terms of unguided evolutionary mechanisms. The complexity and engineering sophistication comport much better with the hypothesis of design.
Challenges to the Evolutionary Origins of the Glycolytic Pathway Read More »
Have you ever wondered how our fingers and toes form during embryonic development? Our digits are, in fact, sculpted from a paddle-like structure in the embryo through the process of apoptosis — that is, programmed cell death. During early development, the hands and feet begin as solid, webbed structures. Through carefully controlled apoptosis, the tissue between them is eliminated, facilitating the separation of the digits.
The Formation of Our Digits Points to a Process with Foresight Read More »
The spindle assembly checkpoint pathway is an elegantly engineered surveillance system for protecting the cell from the adverse consequences of improper kinetochore-microtubule attachment.
Engineered Elegance: Generating the Wait Anaphase Signal Read More »
In a recent article, I discussed the astounding role of motor proteins in eukaryotic cell division. But this is just one of many incredible engineered features associated with mitosis. In this and a subsequent article, I will provide an overview of the elegant molecular mechanisms that underlie the spindle assembly checkpoint and discuss the implications of its dysfunction.
The Elegant Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Read More »
A popular argument for a universal common ancestor is the near-universality of the conventional genetic code. Critics of common descent often point to deviations from the standard code as evidence against it. A recent paper published in the journal BIO-Complexity, by Winston Ewert, reviews the character and distribution of genetic code variants and the implications these have for common ancestry.
New Paper Argues that Variant Genetic Codes Are Best Explained by Common Design Read More »
Casey Luskin recently participated in a debate, on YouTube’s NonSequitur Show, with Daniel Stern Cardinale, an evolutionary biologist at Rutgers University who is also known as “Dr. Dan” of the YouTube channel Creation Myths.
Reflections on Casey Luskin’s Debate with “Dr. Dan” Read More »
These molecular motors are absolutely indispensable to successful cell division in eukaryotes and thus constitute an irreducibly complex system. It therefore points forcefully and unequivocally to conscious intent.
Astounding: The Role of Motor Proteins in Cell Division Read More »
Last week, I wrote an article highlighting the irreducible complexity of the DNA replisome. A reader asked me whether the complexity of the DNA replisome could in fact be used as an argument against intelligent design.
Is Complexity an Argument Against Design? Read More »