Animal Genetics
Genetics and Evolution
Understanding the underlying genetic mechanisms behind human and animal characteristics is crucial. Evolutionists claim that what amounts to genetic accidents can create new information. Creationists point out that the genetic accidents we observe frequently lead to the disappearance of useful function or merely a “rescrambling” of traits.
Fins to Fingers?
While many evolutionists have assumed that fin rays and fingers were homologous, ancestrally related structures, the evidence is notably lacking. Not finding any clues in the fossil record, evolutionary geneticists hope to fill this gap in the path from fins to fingers.
Wolves and Dogs
Scientists have mapped the genomes of several dog breeds and wolves, and now they are comparing them to see which set seems closest to the original wolflike ancestor. Ultimately, all dogs descended from a single set of parents on Noah’s Ark. As these first wolflike animals filled the earth, groups of them migrated in different directions.
Articles About Animal Genetics
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Meet ChickenosaurusAug. 29, 2009 from News to Know
It sounds like an April Fools’ Day joke that came months too late: a Canadian scientist declares he will “flip some levers” and develop a dinosaur out of a chicken embryo.
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On the Origin of Man's Best FriendAug. 8, 2009 from News to Know
If the idea behind item #1 (above) is correct, perhaps the domestic dog would be the biggest “winner” of all.
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Tame this GeneJune 13, 2009 from News to Know
What makes an animal wild or tame—is it only human intervention? On the contrary, a decades-long study seeks to identify a genetic basis for animals’ attitudes toward humankind.
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Super Rats “Evolving” in BritainMay 18, 2009
The Daily Telegraph has reported that rats in many parts of the UK have become resistant to rat poison. The development is being pronounced by the media as an example of evolution in action.
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Lizards Losing Limbs Case For Evolution in ActionNov. 15, 2008
Once again, it’s “evolution in action.” Once again, it isn’t.
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Examining the Platypus Genetic CodeMay 10, 2008
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: the mapping of the genome of the funny, furry duck-billed platypus.
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Opossum: Genome SequencedMay 12, 2007
A team of scientists led by Tarjei Mikkelsen and Kerstin Lindblad-Toh of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University announced this week in Nature the completed sequencing of the opossum genome.
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As I Always Said: “It’s a Mutant!”April 10, 2007
She may look cute, but the science of genetics is confirming what I’ve always said about her: “She’s a degenerate mutant affected by sin and the Curse.”
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How Manatees Lost Their Legs?Sept. 27, 2006
A ScienceDaily article reported that research published in a recent PNAS article gives new evidence as to how manatees may have lost their hindlimbs.
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Magazine ArticleDid God Create Poodles?Sept. 1, 2003, pp. 19–22
Now before the poodle lovers of the world unite, I do not hate poodles. They may be degenerate mutants, but they are cute ones!
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Magazine ArticleTotally Naked RoosterDec. 1, 1992, pp. 51–52
We’d like you to meet TNR—a chicken with no feathers. His feathers were not pulled out by someone anxious to have him for a meal—feathers simply don’t grow on him!
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Magazine ArticleEyeless Fish in CavesMarch 1, 1991, pp. 51–52
‘We read about fish that live in caves. They can’t see, and they have scars where most fish have eyes. Were they created like this?’
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Magazine ArticleIs Your Dog Some Kind of Degenerate Mutant?March 1, 1981, pp. 5–6
Next time you pat your dog on the head, look a bit closer. Is it a mutt or mutant?
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