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Complicated

Made complex; denoting a disease upon which a morbid process or event has been superimposed, altering symptoms and modifying its course for the worse.

Origin: L. Com-plico, pp. -atus, to fold together


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... wrong, it would merely show that the theory of evolution alone doesn't give us the whole picture. Anyway, why can't organ systems become more complicated over time and eventually split into separate organ systems?

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by wildfunguy
Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:23 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: mutations and dependencies
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: mutations and dependencies

Never mind. This is actually the common argument against irreducible complexity. I thought I was being original. :( “… thus a complicated machine was gradually built up whose effective working was dependent upon the interlocking action of very numerous different elementary parts or factors, ...

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by wildfunguy
Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:33 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: mutations and dependencies
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: Knockout mice

... gene? " Yes. "Would this then mean that each cell is expressing the protein to some extent?" Likely yes, though this can be complicated by the biology, especially if the gene is on the X sex chromosome (where chromosome silencing can complicate expression). "What confuses ...

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by jonmoulton
Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:51 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Knockout mice
Replies: 5
Views: 686

Refutation of Evolution theory

... read it all, but if it's all like the first paragraph, they're assuming that all the "living" was just from the beginning as "complicated" as today. That's not true of course and nobody (except creationists) is saying that.

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by JackBean
Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:23 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Refutation of Evolution theory
Replies: 7
Views: 1139

Questions about phenotypic plasticity

Thanks for the answer, it was really helpful! It's really interesting but also a bit complicated, I think. Thanks again!

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by tekla
Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:55 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Questions about phenotypic plasticity
Replies: 3
Views: 734
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