Footprints of nonsentient design inside the human genome

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 8969-8976

  Avise, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creationism; Evolutionary genetics; Intelligent design; Religion; Theodicy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RELIGION; REVIEW; THEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME;

EUKARYOTA;

NUCLEIC ACID;

EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77952358195     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914609107     Document Type: Review

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