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Category: Genetics

• Single Mutation Makes Melanesians Blond

  Solomon Islanders have very dark skin. Most also have dark hair, but about one in ten of them have strikingly blond hair. How is this blond trait inherited, and do the people of the Solomon Islands inherit it the same … Continue reading →

  

• When Were Horses First Domesticated?

  When I mention horses, it brings many different images or memories to people’s mind.  Some think of the vast herds that roam parts of the western United States.  Others think of a coral in the backyard or on a farm … Continue reading →

  

• Evolution for Men and Women

  Two recent entries in the evolution literature have application to one sex or the other. Y, chromosome?  Because it is a unique structure, the Y chromosome in human males seems more subject to deleterious mutations.  The Y is also unable … Continue reading →

  

• Circular Reasoning in Polar Bear Origins Date

  Biologists agree that polar bears, brown bears, and black bears all descended from a prototype of the bear kind. Some researchers infer from the biblical record that bears rapidly and recently diversified from a representative bear pair on board Noah’s … Continue reading →

  

• Four Scientific Reasons That Refute Evolution

  Some claim that evolution is unbiblical and unscientific. Others claim that science proves evolution. Which view is right? Four clear observations show why evolution—which asserts that fish became fishermen by nature’s provision of new biological information—is utterly unscientific. 1. Fossils … Continue reading →

  

• Stem Cells Getting Healthier

  Over the past decade, stem cells have been a hot news item.  Here are some late breaking news stories about them. How they work:  Researchers in the Netherlands found a new way to culture mouse embryonic stem cells in vitro.  … Continue reading →

  

• Study Finds DNA Clues to Cattle Origins

  Archaeologists concur that modern domestic cattle descended from wild aurochs in the Middle East. But recent DNA analysis showed that many aurochs were actually included in the first domesticated herd. And like other studies of plant and animal origins, these … Continue reading →

  

• Gregor Mendel

  The story of Gregor Mendel is aggravating.  It makes you wonder what might have been, had this Austrian monk encountered Charles Darwin, and had his discoveries become known to the disciples (and opponents) of Darwinism early on (see 10/14/2003 headline).  Though the … Continue reading →

  

• Does Inbreeding Always Decrease Genetic Variety?

  E.K. from Sweden writes in response to article What! … no potatoes?: I have a question on genetic variation. If a population arises from a few individuals for example you start with two rabbits and then let them reproduce. Do they … Continue reading →

  

• Mechanisms of Adaptation in Biology: Genetic Diversity

  God gifted His living creatures with the ability to adapt to new or changing environments. Genetic diversity in adaptation refers to variation within created kinds of organisms. For example, consider the wide variety of dogs—they come in all shapes, colors, … Continue reading →

  

• R.L. Wysong on Evolution

    Evolution requires plenty of faith; a faith in L-proteins that defy chance formation; a faith in the formation of DNA codes which, if generated spontaneously, would spell only pandemonium; a faith in a primitive environment that, in reality, would … Continue reading →

  

• Are You Part Neanderthal?

  Within the evolutionary world of human ancestry, there is still some controversy as whether or not Neanderthals were fully human or a separate species.  Many try to classify Neanderthals as a separate human-like species that went extinct, perhaps because they … Continue reading →

  

• Identification of a Large Sparrow-Finch Monobaramin in Perching Birds (Aves: Passeriformes)

  In baraminology hybrid data is used to determine which species are able to reproduce with each other and thus logically belong to the same created kind (baramin). Hybrid data from birds in the order Passeriformes was examined. It was found … Continue reading →

  

• Lab Studies Show Evolutionary ‘Evidence’ Is Merely Assumed

  A recent news feature in Nature described the work of molecular biologist Joe Thornton, who studies the biology of toxins. He found that they often operate by mimicking very specific chemicals that fit into receptor proteins like keys into door locks. He … Continue reading →

  

• Post-Flood Mutation of the KIT Gene and the Rise of White Coloration Patterns

  Identifying mutations and patterns of their appearance and impact is important in furthering the biblical creation model. Genes affecting coloration are relatively easy to identify and several have been well studied. Here, variation in a gene affecting the development and … Continue reading →