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Engineered Elegance: Generating the Wait Anaphase Signal
The spindle assembly checkpoint pathway is an elegantly engineered surveillance system for protecting the cell from the adverse consequences of improper kinetochore-microtubule attachment.
The Elegant Spindle Assembly Checkpoint
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.
New Paper Argues that Variant Genetic Codes Are Best Explained by Common Design
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.
Have John Nelson and Josh Parikh Refuted the Reportage Model?
A couple of weeks ago, an episode aired on the skeptical Doubts Aloud podcast, featuring John Nelson and Josh Parikh, in which they offered a critical appraisal of the high-resolution reportage model of the gospels, advocated by myself, Tim and Lydia McGrew, Peter J. Williams, Wesley Huff, and other scholars.
Reflections on Casey Luskin’s Debate with “Dr. Dan”
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.
Astounding: The Role of Motor Proteins in Cell Division
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.
Is Complexity an Argument Against Design?
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.
The DNA Replisome: A Paradigm of Design
The DNA replisome is one of the most remarkable molecular machines, involving a complex of different proteins, each of which is very specifically crafted to fulfill its role in the process of replicating the genome in preparation for cell division.
A Misguided Critique of Irreducible Complexity
Danaher’s critiques of irreducible complexity are poorly informed and based on misunderstandings of intelligent design and what its key defenders argue.