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.

Articles About Genetics

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Magazine Article
Are We Really That Different?

Feb. 12, 2023 from Answers Magazine
When an adoptive Christian family looked beneath the surface of their DNA tests, they discovered an amazing truth, providing powerful evidence that we are all “one blood,” as the Bible teaches.
Magazine Article
Tracing the Lost History of the New World

Sept. 18, 2022 from Answers Magazine
What happened to the early Americans? New research is turning evolutionary narratives upside down—and creation scientists like geneticist Nathaniel Jeanson are leading the way.
In-Depth Article
Parasitic DNA?

April 8, 2022 from Answers in Depth
Non-coding DNA, far from being “junk,” has multiple functions that are a problem for evolutionists and point to the Creator.
News
Many Prenatal Genetic Tests Are Wrong 85% of the Time

Jan. 27, 2022 from Ken Ham Blog
The New York Times reports that many supposedly “reliable” and “highly accurate” prenatal tests report inaccurate results, influencing abortion decisions.
In-Depth Article
Can Genetic Mutations Be Purged from the Genome?

Dec. 1, 2021 from Answers in Depth
How mutations could be removed from a genome through inbreeding, though the original integrity could not be restored in reality or in an evolutionary paradigm.
News
Are Tangles in DNA “Evolutionary Hotspots”?

Nov. 4, 2021 from Ken Ham Blog
Evolutionists explain potential source of new information in DNA through “tangles,” though it really highlights the created complexity of genetics.
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“The Days of ‘Junk DNA’ Are Over”

Oct. 21, 2021 from Ken Ham Blog
The evolutionary concept of “junk DNA” held research back but would have never been believed had scientists accepted biblical creation.
The Best-Kept Secrets of DNA

April 25, 2021
Creation science is quietly making groundbreaking discoveries.
Magazine Department Article
Unraveling the Chromosome 2 Connection

March 21, 2021 from Answers Magazine
Upon closer examination, this popular evolutionary argument quickly comes undone.
In-Depth Article
What Color Was Adam?

Feb. 20, 2021 from Answers in Depth
The diversity of eye, hair, and skin pigmentations across the globe actually demonstrates a genetic relationship with our first parents, Adam and Eve.
In-Depth Article
New Genetic Information Proposals Fail

Jan. 30, 2021 from Answers in Depth
Getting new genetic information is required for evolution—but every proposed (and imaginative) method for obtaining it fizzles one way or another
Magazine Article
CRISPR: A Clear-Cut Issue?

Jan. 1, 2021 from Answers Magazine
Does this popular gene-editing tool combat the curse or cut away at God’s design?
News
DNA—An “Energy Code”?

Nov. 23, 2020 from Ken Ham Blog
Some geneticists have postulated how DNA could have evolved complete with a “story” based on low free energy and high free energy codons.
The Shocking and Glorious New Science of Human “Race” & Ethnicity

June 16, 2020
How biblical timelines and modern genetics unveil a new understanding of people group identity and migration.
Directed Evolution

May 16, 2020 from Answers in Depth
Are intelligently designed experiments using already present features in already-existing bacteria and viruses really examples of molecules-to-man evolution?
Magazine Department Article
CRISPR and the Creator

Nov. 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine
The powerful new gene-editing tool CRISPR will soon be used in the US for the first time in human trials.
Magazine Department Article
The Secondary Language That Leaves Evolutionists Speechless

Sept. 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine
Researchers continue to unveil incredible complexities in a secondary DNA language, complicating efforts to explain life by evolution.
Magazine Department Article
Gene-Edited Babies Cause Uproar

March 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine
In November 2018 global headlines announced the stunning birth of the first gene-edited humans.
Genetic Engineering: Are We Playing God?

Nov. 6, 2018
A recent Pew Research poll asked several interesting and introspective questions about potential or real genetic engineering experiments on animals.
Magazine Department Article
DNA Paramedics

Nov. 1, 2018 from Answers Magazine
A new study discovered the complexity of a cell’s DNA repair system. It seems the cell repairs damaged strands of DNA.
News
Identical Twin Astronauts Show How Space Changes the Expression of Your DNA

March 23, 2018 from Ken Ham Blog
Apparently spending time in outer space can actually lead to long-term changes in your DNA.
News
Oldest Brit, “Cheddar Man” Was Dark-Skinned . . . or Was He?

March 12, 2018 from Ken Ham Blog
News headlines around the world proclaimed that the oldest known “Briton” (by secular dating methods) was dark-skinned, according to genetic analysis.
In-Depth Article
Does Human Evolutionary History Hang on a Sugar Tree?

Oct. 6, 2017 from Answers in Depth
Scientists report the biochemical footprint of a particular sugar polymer—a type that modern humans cannot make—has been found in an ancient African fossil.
Do Humans Have Genes for Laying Eggs?

Aug. 3, 2017 from A Response to Adam and the Genome
In this article, we explore Venema’s claims in Adam and the Genome about genetic sequences that he thinks have lost their function.