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Author Topic:   Psuedogenes are good for Creationism!
Coragyps
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Message 6 of 33 (100775)
04-18-2004 8:24 PM
Reply to: Message 5 by wj
04-18-2004 7:56 PM


Humans share at least 2 pseudogenes that I know of with other primates.
I presume you're thinking of GLO and urate oxidase, wj. There are also a whole crop of pseudogenes in apes, humans, and Old World monkeys that are related to smell or to the closely related function of the vomeronasal organ (VNO). Lemurs and New World monkeys have functional versions of these genes. So maybe we're the same "created kind" with baboons and green monkeys, but not howlers or spider monkeys.

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Coragyps
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Message 9 of 33 (100780)
04-18-2004 10:12 PM
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04-18-2004 9:41 PM


And our long lives may be due, in part, to having a broken urate oxidase gene. That means we build up uric acid, a pretty good antioxidant, in our systems - it may help prevent some cancers. Of course, we can get gout from it and spider monkeys can't.

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Coragyps
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Message 25 of 33 (102404)
04-24-2004 12:34 PM
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04-24-2004 12:23 AM


Mike writes:
I will agree that the study of pseudogenes can shed tremendous light upon biblical history, including a novel and effective way for defining "kinds".
Woohoo! Tell the folks at the Institute for Creation Research about that! They'll be so excited! Or maybe not.
Hi, new guy! There's a "style guide" thread on here that'll help you with formatting stuff.

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Coragyps
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Message 26 of 33 (102405)
04-24-2004 12:40 PM
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04-24-2004 2:32 AM


Re: Ex- Atheist
Hrrmph! He obviously was never a true atheist!
Des, try to stay on topic......

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