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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Loss of Genetic Information Responsible for Evolution Leaps?June 26, 2010
Could a loss of genetic information have been responsible for one of evolution’s supposed great leaps forward?
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Latest Genetics BattleJune 5, 2010
Genetics is a key battleground in the war between evolution and creation models for the origin and diversity of life. So which side wins the latest battle on the genetics front?
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Making the Evolution Pill Easier to SwallowNov. 2, 2009
Dr. Georgia Purdom attended a series of lectures titled “Your Genes and You: Health, Disease, and Medicine.” The title might better have been “Sleight of Hand.”
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Technical In-Depth ArticleGene DuplicationApril 30, 2008 from Answers in Depth
Gene duplications followed by subsequent mutation of the duplicated genes are often cited by evolutionists as a mechanism for adding new information to the genome.
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Technical In-Depth ArticleUnique Fungal RNA Splicing Mechanism Strikes a Blow Against Darwinian EvolutionMarch 19, 2008 from Answers in Depth
A recent study claimed to offer proof of the RNA-world hypothesis or the origin of life. The evidence, however, is greatly lacking.
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Magazine Department ArticleThe Language of InconsistencyFeb. 18, 2008 from Answers Magazine
In his new book The Language of God, a famous scientist and evangelical has written the following about the human genome and science in general
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In-Depth ArticleAncient Protein “Resurrected”?Oct. 24, 2007 from Answers in Depth
As Science Daily reports, “state-of-the-art computational and molecular techniques [were used] to re-create the ancient progenitors of an important human protein.”
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From Organism to Organism: Gene SwappingJune 30, 2007
Scientists have altered one bacteria species into another by swapping bacterial genomes.
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DNA Transfer Utilized by Evolution?March 10, 2007
Evolution is speeding up, according to a Rice University team studying a process known as horizontal gene transfer.
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How Low Can You Go?April 19, 2006
An article published in Nature indicates previous studies may have underestimated the size of the minimal bacterial genome by as much as 50%. Yet, evolutionary significance seems to be lacking.
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Magazine ArticleCopying ConfusionSept. 1, 2003, pp. 15–16
Molecules-to-man evolution requires the production of large amounts of new genetic information.
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14-Year-Old Lands Article in Science JournalMay 20, 2003
Who ever said that science journals are just for highly trained Ph.D. scientists? That’s certainly not the case with TJ—the in-depth Journal of Creation.
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Research PaperGenetics and Biblical Demographic EventsApril 1, 2003, pp. 21–23
With the relatively recent mapping of the human genome, new questions can be raised concerning potential genetic evidence for Biblical events such as Creation and the global Flood.
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Hox HypeFeb. 15, 2002
From the hype of the press release, it would seem that evolution was finally proven once and for all and the creationists should just give up and go home.
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Preliminary CommentFeb. 8, 2002
A new study, reported by ABC News in the US, says that evolution theory has been bolstered by a recent genetic discovery.
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Magazine ArticleMissing Links in Gene KnowledgeJune 1, 2001, pp. 18–19
The difference between the estimates of human gene number by the public consortium (31,000 genes) and the privately-funded Celera group (39,000 genes) left many wondering.
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Magazine ArticleGenetics: No Friend of EvolutionMarch 1, 1998, pp. 20–22
Genetics and evolution have been enemies from the beginning of both concepts.
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Magazine ArticleProfessor of Genetics Says 'No!' to EvolutionJune 1, 1995, pp. 46–48
I often contribute chapters on genetics. I know of no biological data relevant to tree genetics that would require evolutionary explanations.
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Magazine ArticleGenetics and God’s Natural SelectionNov. 1, 1980, pp. 13–14
What particularly fascinated Gregor Mendel was the way in which the plants handed on their characteristics to the next generation.
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