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> On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Pattle Pun wrote:
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> > One of the ways by which intelligent design theory can be tested is by
> > way of following the patterns of sequence homologies of macromolecules
> > that cannot be accommodated by the the monophyletic assumption of the
> > comment descent hypothesis, but rather by a polyphyletic lineage with a
> > common pattern (or "design"). Preliminary evidence has already indicated
> > that the three distinct "urkingdoms" of Archea, Bacteria, and Eukarya have
> > unique patterns within themselves such as rRNA, RNA polymerase, Cell
> > Walls, Lipid compositions, and translational machineries. Current models
> > of forcing these data into monophyletic interpretation are farfetched.
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> Ummm ... are there any empirical models we can use to
> quantify "farfetched"?
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One of the Phylip's programs on Protein distance or DNA distance can be
used as a first step to evaluate the relative distances of all
macromolecules in a sequence "pattern" to see if the pattern really
exists.
> > > Loren Haarsma
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Dr. Pattle Pun
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