{"id":18035,"date":"2020-01-08T13:49:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=18035"},"modified":"2020-01-08T13:49:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:49:17","slug":"nested-coding-in-dna-is-evidence-of-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/nested-coding-in-dna-is-evidence-of-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Nested Coding in DNA is Evidence of Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

Source:\u00a0<\/strong>“BioEssays Editor: \u201c\u2018Junk\u2019 DNA\u2026 Full of Information!\u201d Including Genome-Sized \u201cGenomic Code\u201d<\/a>,” Evolution News & Science Today, 18 November 2019.<\/p>\n

“The paper finds that our DNA contains overlapping layered \u201c\u2019dual-function\u2019 pieces of information,\u201d including a \u201cgenomic code\u201d that spans virtually the entire genome in order to \u201cdefin[e] the shape and compaction of DNA into the highly-condensed form known as \u2018chromatin.\u2019\u201d “<\/p>\n

“And what if it [this other code] were doing something in three dimensions as well as the two dimensions of the ATGC code?”<\/p>\n

“One of the intriguing things about DNA sequences is that a single sequence can \u201cencode\u201d more than one piece of information depending on what is \u201creading\u201d it and in which direction \u2014 viral genomes are classic examples in which genes read in one direction to produce a given protein overlap with one or more genes read in the opposite direction (i.e., from the complementary strand of DNA) to produce different proteins.”<\/p>\n

” \u201cDNA sequences are typically \u2018poly-functional\u2019\u201d with \u201coverlapping protein-coding sequences\u201d which \u201ccan contribute to multiple overlapping codes simultaneously.\u201d But the likelihood of producing such information-rich, tightly constrained sequences by chance is exceedingly low: \u201cit is difficult to understand how poly-functional DNA could arise through random isolated mutations.\u201d “<\/p>\n

“So here\u2019s what we have: evolutionary scientists proposing that most of our genome\u2019s sequence has functional importance because it carries a genomic code, controlling the three-dimensional packing in the nucleus. This code even \u201coverlaps\u201d with the genetic code in protein-coding DNA. Such a perspective directly contradicts the evolutionary paradigm of a genome flooded with junk.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: <\/strong>David Klinghoffer, “Meyer on \u201cNested Coding\u201d: Another Successful Design Prediction<\/a>,” Evolution News & Science Today, 7 January 2020.<\/p>\n

“Overlapping genes, or \u201cnested coding,\u201d was anticipated by microbiologist Siegfried Scherer, as Meyer points out. Why? Because human coders layer codes on top of codes, for various reasons including improved storage. Therefore a designing agent, operating behind the veil of biology, would likely do so as well.”<\/p>\n

“It also, in itself, poses a knotty problem for unguided evolution. Says Meyer, \u201cThis would be very difficult to explain by random mutation and natural selection because if you randomly mutate one message you are going to invariably destroy the other one if it\u2019s layered on top.\u201d Intelligent action, with the benefit of foresight, could solve the problem. But an unintelligent process could not.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As long predicted, the so-called “junk DNA” really does have a purpose, but we are only just getting to the point of being able to understand the purpose. Overlapping and multi-dimensional coding in the DNA also means that random chance could not create these functioning sequences. A change in one sequence coding is likely to impact several other sequences.<\/p>\n

“I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth<\/em>” (Psalms 139:14-15).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source:\u00a0“BioEssays Editor: \u201c\u2018Junk\u2019 DNA\u2026 Full of Information!\u201d Including Genome-Sized \u201cGenomic Code\u201d,” Evolution News & Science Today, 18 November 2019. “The paper finds that our DNA contains overlapping layered \u201c\u2019dual-function\u2019 pieces of information,\u201d including a \u201cgenomic code\u201d that spans virtually the entire genome in order to \u201cdefin[e] the shape and compaction of DNA into the highly-condensed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[302,80],"class_list":["post-18035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-creation","tag-evolution"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28566,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/evidence-of-god-information\/","url_meta":{"origin":18035,"position":0},"title":"Evidence of God: Information","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. 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