Genetics

Genetics

What Is DNA?

Scientists have discovered an unmistakable language within all living things. Like a miniature library, DNA stores piles of information in extraordinary molecules that specify the details of everything from the shape of flower petals to the color of your eyes. A supremely intelligent Author and Life-Giver left His indelible message in every living thing.

Genetics and Interbreeding

The species on earth today descend from the original created kinds of Genesis 1. The many inter-species breedings that are possible today (e.g., zonkeys, wholphins), as well as the close similarities within biological groups (e.g., the canine group) that are distinct from one another, remind us of this fact. But exactly why the created kinds have fractured into many incompatible species has only been answered indirectly by creationists.

Hox Gene—Gaining or Losing Genetic Information?

Successful evolution requires the addition of new information and new genes that produce new proteins that are found in new organs and systems. Losing structures, or misplacing their development, should not be equated with the increased information that is needed to form novel structures and cellular systems.

Genetics and “Creating ” Life

“Minimal genomes” is the number of genes considered essential for a bacterium to survive in a nutrient-rich, stress-free and competitor-free environment in the lab. Evolutionists believe if the genes universal to all life can be determined then it’s just a matter of tinkering with the existing genetic information via mutations to go from goo to you.

Genetics Topics

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    Animal Genetics
    Animal Genetics

    Does our growing understanding of animal genetics support evolutionary principles or special creation by a caring, intelligent Designer as the Bible proclaims?

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    DNA Similarities
    DNA Similarities

    Do similarities in DNA between organisms suggest a common ancestor or a common Designer? Are chimps and humans actually 98% similar?

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    DNA Structure
    DNA Structure

    The iconic, complex double-helix structure of DNA displays the masterful design and creativity of the all-wise Creator.

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    Epigenetics
    Epigenetics

    Our physical makeup is determined by our genes, not our environment—right? The science of epigenetics is forcing scientists to rethink their assumptions.

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    Human Genome
    Human Genome

    The exhaustive project of mapping the human genome has provided further evidence of biblical truths as presented in Genesis.

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    Information Theory
    Information Theory

    Information only comes from other information. DNA is a complex information system, so it must have come from an information source—the mind of the Creator God!

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    “Junk” DNA
    “Junk” DNA

    Using evolutionary assumptions about life’s history, geneticists have branded vast sums of DNA as junk, but research is showing this DNA is far from useless.

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    Mitochondrial DNA
    Mitochondrial DNA

    Mitochondrial DNA research confirms that all humans alive today share common ancestors just a few thousand years ago as the Bible teaches.

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    Mutations
    Mutations

    Are mutations—copying errors in DNA—the driving force for biological evolution? Or do they represent the sad reality of a sin-cursed world?

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    Natural Selection
    Natural Selection

    Is natural selection, which uses existing information leading to varations in organisms, proof of information-adding, molecules-to-man evolution?

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