Theistic evolution

The genetic disorder known as Cystic Fibrosis affects about 30,000 people in the us and about 70,000 in the world. The disorder can cause people to have many problems such as difficulty breathing, difficulty digesting food, and many other problems with the lung, pancreas, and many other parts in your body. The disease is caused by a defective gene called the CFTR gene. These genes code to produce CFTR proteins which are used to transport water and particles into or out of cells. This helps…

In the Natural Theology, William Paley uses an example of a self-replicating watch to argue for the existence of a universal creator. He believes that the universe, like the watch, has an innate, intricate design and as such, a designer. Paley argues that if the watch were capable of creating identical copies of itself his argument would not weaken, but actually be supported. For Paley this is because the watch itself is not responsible for its design or purpose, and merely passes these aspects…

of the many items contained in school curriculums includes evolution. Evolution is a highly controversial subject in science that typically starts many debates with differing views on the subject. Some are for the teaching of evolution in public schools while others do not agree with evolution and does not want it taught to their children on the grounds of religious beliefs or general disagreement of the subject. However, I believe evolution should continue to be included as a part of the…

Advocates of design then postulate that evolution can account for small, gradual adaptations which increase the fitness of an organism, such as a gradual change in fur color, but not for the sudden appearance of such complex structures as the vertebrate eye, which would entail an instantaneous development…

Introduction This experiment was performed to test the effects of different evolutionary forces on a population that would normally be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. These three forces being tested will be tested individually, in pairs, and finally all three together. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium is the theory that a single gene in a population of diploid organisms will not change in allele proportions over generations as long as certain conditions are met. “Another generation of random mating…

Mankind 's Nature Many ponder on the idea whether mankind 's human nature is inherently good or evil. With philosophers and theorist having had devised theories to prove their thoughts and opinions over this matter, human nature in regards to being innately good or evil, is still up for debate. Two famous Chinese philosophers from 300 B.C.E., Meng Tzu and Hsun Tzu, proposed two distinct ideas pertaining to mankind 's human nature. Meng Tzu, in his excerpt "Man 's Nature is Good," drawn…

Oftentimes, knowledge about the background of authors can lead to a deeper and more thorough understanding of their work. Erin L. McCullough is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia (cite- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erin_Mccullough2). She was a PhD student at the University of Montana and has a recently updated blog in which her most recent papers and publications can be found (https://erinlouisamccullough.wordpress…

‘‘I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men’’, said Charles Darwin, the man who is considered a revolutionary scientist of the Victorian era. He faced many obstacles regarding his Theory of Evolution which offended the traditional belief of people in the Victorian era because it went against the religious belief that Human were the superior being however his discovery that humans have common ancestors as other animals decoded a new world of science and helped to build our believe in…

Title: HAIR GENETICS A study of DNA sequence variations in melanocortin-1-receptors or MC1R genes found many variants of amino acid found in people who were red-haired but rarely found in the non-red people. Researchers have identified 3 common amino-acid-polymorphisms associated commonly with red haired people viz., R160W, R151C, & D294H. The abbreviated names mean common amino acid types were found in positions 160 151, & 294 in proteins are arginine (R), cysteine (C), arginine & aspartic…

same organism. For example, the structures of the jointed legs in the insects and the birds may have originated with a different purpose given their different skeletal patterns. This assumption led me to believe that their process of convergent evolution occurred somehow later on, not as an original ancestral trait (here a phylogenetic tree would become truly…