tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post4482044921821302912..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Bacterial Genomes and EvolutionLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-14527782937834975572007-11-25T19:03:00.000-05:002007-11-25T19:03:00.000-05:00"Frontloading" (guess by which mechanism, or shoul..."Frontloading" (guess by which mechanism, or should I say absence of mechanism?) of "information" has been a last recourse of some creationist cranks.Torbjörn Larssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02022193326058378221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-75304669532668957552007-11-25T15:51:00.000-05:002007-11-25T15:51:00.000-05:00It's a little difficult to quantify because my log...It's a little difficult to quantify because my log only holds 100 entries at a time. Also it depends on the topic, but for something esoteric like bacterial genomics, probably 100 or more.T Ryan Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028390880937952573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-17997178323506551752007-11-25T13:41:00.000-05:002007-11-25T13:41:00.000-05:00"Sandstorm"? I didn't think there were that many p..."Sandstorm"? I didn't think there were that many people who read <I>Sandwalk</I> who didn't also read <I>Genomicron</I>. How big is this sandstorm—10, 20, 100?Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-51340599630100751202007-11-25T09:48:00.000-05:002007-11-25T09:48:00.000-05:00By the way, there is a phenomenon similar in outli...By the way, there is a phenomenon similar in outline (though, obviously, not quite in scale) to a "Pharyngulanche" when you provide plugs for my posts and drive traffic up at Genomicron. A "Sandstorm" I think I will call it. :-DT Ryan Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028390880937952573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-75024598902301852522007-11-25T09:45:00.000-05:002007-11-25T09:45:00.000-05:00"Ryan Gregory is one of the world's leading expert..."Ryan Gregory is one of the world's leading experts on genomes and their evolution"<BR/><BR/> I do ok in my own little corner of genome evolution (animal genome size), but Nancy Moran and Howard Ochman are the real experts on bacterial genome downsizing. I'm just relaying their excellent work. Thanks for making me aware of this curious anti-evolutionist argument, I had not encountered it before.T Ryan Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028390880937952573noreply@blogger.com