Biological Information and Intelligent Design: Signature in the Ribosome

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@Billcole

Especially when a new species has several de novo proteins. Where did these new complex DNA sequences come from?

@Billcole we have covered this elsewhere with others.It turns out that those new complex DNA sequences came from prior DNA sequences. All the de novo genes in humans have counterparts in apes (in non coding regions).

ORFans, De Novo genes, and Taxonomically-Restricted Genes

@Paul_Nelson, one of the early voices of the ID movement has joined us with this post in another thread. I thought it warranted its own thread. It is a special privilege for us to have Paul here to discuss with us. Please treat him with respect, and carefully consider his ideas. Having read the literature and looked at the data myself on this topic, I see no challenge to evolutionary theory in ORFans, De Novo genes, and Taxonomically-Restricted genes. To the contrary, they seem to be very str…

We are still waiting for a response about this. Perhaps you could give it a try.

And before we give it a full go, keep in mind that even if this was a good argument it is not an argument against common descent. At its best, it is an argument for a yet undiscovered mechanism of change.