Dr. Paul Nelson is al tientallen jaren betrokken bij onderzoek naar Intelligent Design. Deze maand was dr. Nelson te gast in de livestream van Logos Research Associates. Hij sprak daar over de zogenoemde weesgenen. Nelson heeft hierover gepubliceerd in het toonaangevende tijdschrift PlOS One. Met dank aan LRA voor opname van deze lezing.
Deze samenvatting werd onder de video geplaatst:
“With the advent of automated DNA sequencing in the mid-1990s, biologists were able to look beyond the handful of gene sequences they had previously used to compare species. That new vista revealed a genetic and proteomic universe vastly larger than expected. Design perspectives illuminate many of the anomalies revealed by this larger universe. Design may also help to provide a stable definition of the concept of “homology,” a definition of potential value to evolutionary theory, which currently struggles with circular reasoning where explanations of similarity are concerned.”