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Calling Von Cullen - Anti Evolution Molecular Biologist!!

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Dr Jack
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03-25-2009 12:17 PM 		Reply to: Message 17 by Von Cullen
03-25-2009 12:01 PM

The photoreceptive molecules in animal eyespots are similar to G-Protein coupled receptors, that would provide a suitable starting point.
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As one of the many papers published on the evolution of the eye, see the reviews:
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Goldsmith, T.H. (1990) Optimization, Constraint, and History in the Evolution of Eyes. The Quarterly Review of Biology Vol. 65, No. 3 (Sep., 1990), pp. 281-322 (Stable URL: JSTOR: Access Check)
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Land M F, Fernald R D (1992), The Evolution of Eyes, Annual Review of Neuroscience, March 1992, Vol. 15, Pages 1-29
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03-25-2009 12:19 PM 		Reply to: Message 20 by Taq
03-25-2009 12:13 PM

Since scientists present their conclusions in tentative language (as exemplified above) it would seem to be the fault of mainstream society for reading too much into scientific papers.
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I think Von Cullen does identify a real problem with the presentation of science, however. And it's a very tricky one to solve; subtle distinctions of certainity are hard to communicate.
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03-26-2009 10:14 AM 		Reply to: Message 33 by caffeine
03-26-2009 10:08 AM

Bad links?
Your links aren't working. I think you've got spurious quote marks in your URL tags?
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