An epigenetic trap (the prequel)
See also: An epigenetic trap (the sequel) Excerpt: “Support for the link from one epigenetic trap to cell type differentiation was included in the molecular […]
biosynthesis
Converting sunlight to fuel: O2 and CO2 Reactions
Efficient solar-to-fuels production from a hybrid microbial–water-splitting catalyst system Abstract excerpt: “…we report the development of a scalable, integrated bioelectrochemical system in which the bacterium […]
Are viruses microRNAs? (2)
The role of microRNAs in cell type differentiation can be compared in the context of the role of viruses and mutations that cause cancer. Facts […]
Removing natural selection; reshaping the horse; adjusting evolutionary theory
Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication Reported as: Reshaping the horse through millennia Excerpt: “Domestication is generally associated with repeated demographic […]
The future of physics predicts no future for evolutionary theory
The ever-smaller future of physics ‘Theory of everything’ captures Weinberg’s imagination in Lee Historical Lecture Excerpt: “…there are hints that the answers to fundamental questions […]
Jumping back: Science or Pseudoscience? (2)
See: Jumping back: Science or Pseudoscience? European Science’s Great Leap Backward inferred that evolutionary theory is evidence-based science: Excerpt: “… the U.S. can claim no […]
Biologists puzzled by evolved RNAs and decaying DNA
Horizontal Transfer of Entire Genomes via Mitochondrial Fusion in the Angiosperm Amborella (December, 2013) Excerpt) “The ancestral angiosperm-wide genome duplication apparent in the Amborella genome […]
We need pattern recognition, not a prologue
Prolegomenon “a preliminary discussion…; a prologue.” “… we need a mapping from genotype to phenotype, from phenotype to what is selected, and from what is […]
Different physical locations and different molecular mechanisms of health and disease
Reappraisal of known malaria resistance loci in a large multicenter study Abstract excerpt: “The finding that G6PD deficiency has opposing effects on different fatal complications […]
Physics denied; pseudoscientific nonsense accepted
The events depicted are now portrayed in the context of Genome Dynamics Events, which are biophysically-constrained RNA-mediated events. RNA-mediated events lead to amino acid […]