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Any comments on gray companion sites?

12/31/2007

Which site?


Let me know about broken links, scientific comments on content, or suggestions for content. Please expect a delay before your comment appears. Comments from creationists and id-ists will not be accepted.

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Gray Sites: Abiogenesis & Evolution : Algorithms of Evolution : Cancer : Cell Biology : Chemistry of Life : Complex Systems : Cyanobacteria : Enzymes : Evo Devo : Fat : Godspell Follies : Glossary : Immunology : Mechanisms of Evolution : Molecular Biology : Origin of Life : Paleogeology : Protein : Receptor : Serial Endosymbiosis : Stromatolites : Sleep : Taxonomy Phylogeny : Tissue : Virus :

White Sites: Archaea & Eubacteria : Diagrams & Tables : Evolution in Action : Photosynthesis : Molecules : Pathways : Signaling

Black Sites: Endosymbiosis : Organics

The sites are under construction and there is some overlap in content.

12/24/2007

Abiogenesis & Evolution

Sections Abiogenesis & Evolution:
In the Beginning . Illogical Deceit theory . RNA . DNA . Basic Physical Chemistry . Basic Biochemistry . Biochemical Energetics . Informational Macromolecules . Lipids & Membranes. Darwin . Diversity . Selection . Logic & Science . Neo-Darwinism . Computer Modeling . Tree of Life . Protists . Fossils . Paleogeology & Paleoclimate . Proterozoic & Archaean . Cambrian Explosion . Extinction Events . Hominids . Hominid Migrations . Fallacies of Logic . Godspell Follies

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Algorithms of Evolution

Algorithms of Evolution items : * directional epistasis * epistasis * horizontal gene transfer * lateral gene transfer * multilinear epistatic model

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12/22/2007

Cancer

¤ Cancer ¤ carcinogenesis ¤ mitogens ¤ oncogenes ¤ proliferation ¤ p53 ¤ Ras ¤ retroviruses ¤ Rb ¤ signaling molecules ¤ tumor suppressors ¤ tumorigenic viruses ¤ site map

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Cell Biology

Cell Biology Items : • CELL BIOLOGYactive transportapoptosiscell membranescentriolesciliacommunicationconcentration gradientscytoplasmcytoskeletondeath of cellsenergy transducersendoplasmic reticulumendosomeseukaryoticexosomeGolgi apparatusion channelslysosomemeiosismicrotubulesmitosismitochondrionnuclear membranenuclear porenucleolusnucleusperoxisomephagocytosisphotosynthesisphysiological functionpinocytosisplant cellprokaryoticprotein degradationpumpsreceptor proteinsreceptor-mediated endocytosisreproductionribosomesspindlestructuretransportvacuolevesicleCELL SIGNALINGGPCRsGPCR familieshormonesNitric Oxideneurotransmissionneuronal interconnectionsphosphotransfer-mediated signaling pathwaysProtein Kinase Signaling Networkssignaling gradientsMOLECULAR BIOLOGYamino acidscaspasesproteins

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Chemistry of Life

Chemistry of Life items: ~ Molecular Genetics Overview
~ activator ~ adhesion molecules ~ alternative splicing ~ allele ~ ATPases ~ base ~ base excision repair ~ cadherins ~ capping ~ cellular stress response ~ chromosome ~ cis versus trans-acting factors ~ codon ~ cyclin-dependent kinases ~ cytokines ~ DNA ~ DNA damage by ROS ~ DNA repair ~ DNA polymerases ~ DNA ligase ~ DNA mutation and alkylation ~ double strand breaks ~ enhancer ~ epigenetics ~ exon ~ genes ~ gene regulation ~ genome ~ targetted genetic repair
~ growth factors ~ helicases ~ heterochromatin ~ hnRNP ~ immunoglobulins ~ insulator ~ integrins ~ intron ~ internal ribosomal entry site ~ mRNA ~ miRNAs ~ mismatch repair ~ nonsense-mediated decay ~ nonstop decay ~ nuclear speckles ~ nucleic acids ~ nucleosome
~ nucleotide ~ nucleotide excision repair ~ Okazaki fragments ~ open reading frame ~ oxidative stress and DNA damage ~ oxoG repair ~ polyadenylation ~ preinitiation complex ~ pre-mRNA
~ pre-mRNA splicing ~ promoters ~ proteome ~ receptor tyrosine kinases ~ regulatory proteins ~ replication ~ repressor ~ response elements ~ retrotransposons ~ restriction enzmes ~ reverse transcriptase ~ Rho GTPase ~ ribosomes ~ ribosomal structure ~ ribosome shunting ~ ribozymes ~ ribozymes in repair of RNA and DNA ~ RNA ~ RNA polymerase ~ RNA processing ~ rRNAs ~ second messengers ~ selectins ~ self-splicing ~ serine/threonine kinases ~ silencers ~ snoRNAs ~ splice-site ~ spliceosome ~ SSOs ~ transcription ~ transcription factors ~ transcription initiation ~ termination of transcription ~ transposable elements ~ trans-splicing ribozymes and therapeutics ~ translation ~ tRNA ~ ubiquitin ~ Research techniques ~ SITE MAP
~ BIOCHEMISTRY
~ Biochemistry overview ~ amines ~ amino acids ~ amphipathic ~ chemical gradients ~ cofactor ~ enzyme ~ heterocyclic ~ hydrogen bond ~ hydrophilic ~ hydrophobic ~ peptide ~ phospolipid ~ proteins ~ thermochemistry ~ Basics ~ Horizontal Genomics: Mobile genetic elements: the agents of open source evolution.

Topics item links ~ adhesion items ~ chromosome items ~ damage repair items ~ decay items ~ enzymes items ~ energy items ~ evolution items ~ genome items ~ protein items ~ RNA processing items ~ regulation items ~ RNA items ~ replication items ~ research items ~ signaling items ~ transcription items ~ splicing items ~ translation items ~ Item links

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Complex Systems

Ω Complex Systems Ω biological complexity Ω illogical deceit theory Ω necessary vs sufficient
Ω social systems Ω Spinoza's God Ω systems theory

Cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria items: ~ The Cyanobacteria ~ Photochemistry ~ Phylogenetic relationships ~ Fossilized cyanobacteria

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12/20/2007

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Enzymes

Enzymesreaction energeticsbondsadenylate cyclasesATPasescyclin-dependent kinasesphosphatasesphospholipasesphosphodiesterasesphosphorylasesprotein kinasesreceptor tyrosine kinasesserine/threonine kinases

Evo Devo

Evo Devo items^ Evo Devo ^ alternative splicing ^ alternative 3' splicing ^ alternative 5' splicing^ epigenetic mechanisms ^ ESE ^ ESS ^ Evo Devo ^ exon skipping ^ intron retention ^ ISE ^ ISS

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12/19/2007

Fat

Ơ adinopectin Ơ adipose tissue Ơ appetite Ơ BMI Ơ diabetes Ơ genetic predisposition Ơ hypocretin Ơ hypothalamus Ơ insomnia Ơ leptin Ơ medications Ơ metabolic rate Ơ neuroendocrine Ơ orexin Ơ thyroid Ơ TNFa Ơ fat animations Ơ site map

12/18/2007

Godspell Follies

Godspell Follies Themes : – God by Any NameFallacies of Logic Court, Articles, News

Godspell Follies Items : * God by Any Other Name is still God * Illogical Deceit Theory * Logic & Science * Biological evolution * Creationism vs Evolution * Recapitulating recapitulation * Reducible complexity * Fallacies of Logic * over-extrapolating * ad hominem * authority * composing problems * denial * deliberate ambiguities * fallatio * incredulity * irrelevance * proof-disproof muddles * red herrings * shifting the burden of proof * huff & puff * tu quoque * The Wedge Document * Keeping up with the Jones decision * On the teaching of Pseudoscience * Contradictions within idism * Scripture vs Scholarship * Answers to Creationist Nonsense * Creationist and ID confusion about Entropy * Ignorance in Kansas

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Glossary

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZanimation indexdiagram indeximage indexmicrograph indextable indexsem/tem indexvideo index

12/16/2007

Immunology

ф antibodies ф antigen ф APCs ф autoimmunity ф cancer and immune system
ф cancers of immune system ф CD ф clonal selection ф complement system ф dendritic cells ф eosinophils ф granulocytes ф hemotopoiesis ф humoral immunity ф HIV/AIDs ф immune cytokines ф killer T cells ф leukocytes ф lymphocytes ф lymphoid system ф lymphokines
ф macrophages ф MHC ф migration ф monocytes ф neutrophils ф pattern-recognition receptors ф phagocyte ф receptors ф signaling ф surface receptors ф T cells ф thymus ф vaccines ф

12/12/2007

Mechanisms of Evolution

Mechanisms of Evolution items ~ Beyond Darwin and Neo-Darwinism ~ The modern synthesis ~ Punctuated equilibria ~ Basic mechanisms of evolution ~ Genetic drift ~ Gene flow ~ Mutation ~ Natural selection ~ Horizontal Gene Transfer ~ Conjugation ~ Transduction ~ Transformation ~ Molecular Genetics ~ Genome and Proteome ~ Important features of the genome and proteome ~ Conserved & Consensus ~ Insertion ~ Inversion ~ Meiosis ~ Recombination ~ Population Genetics and Formulae ~ Bottleneck ~ Founder effect ~ Persistence of functional gene duplicates ~ Phyletic gradualism

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Molecular Biology

Molecular Biology items : alternative splicing : base excision repair : capping : cis versus trans-acting factors : codon :DNA : DNA damage by ROS : DNA polymerases : DNA repair : double strand breaks :enhancer : epigenetics : exon : genes : genome : gene regulation : helicases : heterochromatin : insulator : intron : messenger RNA mRNA : micro RNAs miRNAs : mRNA : mismatch repair : nonsense-mediated decay : nonstop decay : nuclear speckles : nucleic acids : nucleosome : nucleotide : nucleotide excision repair : open reading frame : oxidative stress and DNA damage : oxoG repair : polyadenylation : pre-mRNA : pre-mRNA splicing : proteome : replication : Research techniques : ribosomal structure : regulatory proteins : ribosomal structure : ribozymes in repair of RNA and DNA : RNA : RNA polymerase : RNA processing : targetted genetic repair : transcription : termination of transcription : transfer RNA tRNA : translation : trans-splicing ribozymes and therapeutics : silencers : snoRNAs : spliceosome : SSOs :

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12/10/2007

Origin of Life

Origin of Life Sections : _ Abiogenesis _ Paleogeology _ Paleo-atmosphere _ Chemistry _ Models _ RNA world _ Protein world _ Submarine Vents _ Space _ Minimal Genome _ Clay _ Basic Cell _ Evolution

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12/09/2007

Paleogeology

Paleogeology items ~ Hadean ~ Paleogeology and Paleoclimate ~ Timeline Earth Life ~ "Peribiotic" conditions?~ Climate and Extinction ~ Prebiotic atmosphere ~ Hydrogen

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Protein

§ Proteins and Proteomics § collagen § PH family

12/07/2007

Receptor

12/06/2007

Serial Endosymbiosis

Serial Endosymbiosis items • Serial Endosymbiosis Theory (SET)Experimental evidence for EndosymbiosisMitochondrial originsSecondary endosymbiosisHistory of ideas concerning endosymbiosisEndosymbiotic transfersEndosymbiotic Gene TransferHorizontal Gene TransferDiagrams of proposed mechanism of SETPhotosynthesis in Eukaryotes

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Stromatolites

Stromatolites items : ~ Cyanobacteria and stromatolites ~ Modern stromatolites – living fossils~ Stromatolite structure ~ Ancient stromatolite reefs ~ Imaging fossil cyanobacteria~ Stromatolite fossils

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Sleep

ʑ Sleep ʑ circadian biology ʑ hypothalamus ʑ insomnia ʑ narcolepsy ʑ NREM ʑ pineal gland
ʑ REM ʑ SDB ʑ SIDS ʑ sleep deprivation ʑ sleep apnea ʑ ventrolateral preoptic ʑ reticular activating pathways

12/05/2007

Taxonomy Phylogeny

Taxonomy Phylogeny items ^ Bacteria ^ Cambrian explosion ^ Endosymbiotic transfer events ^ History of taxonomic concepts ^ Phylogenetics ^ Taxonomy

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Tissue

germinal centers
ectodermmesodermendoderm
site map

12/04/2007

Virus

۰۰ retroviruses ۰۰

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