In previous posts (here and here), I’ve covered how neo-Darwinism can make biological redundancy more confusing than it should be. I also argued that intelligent design can bring clarity by providing a strong rationale for studying biological redundancy while also simplifying the types of biological redundancy. Today I am going to give examples of each category of biological redundancy and demonstrate how using design triangulation can help scientists know when and where to expect biological redundancy. Design triangulation allows one to infer the likelihood of a component based on the observation of a similar component from a different engineered system. For biological redundancy this is especially important because the function may be obscure. The key is to think about function instead of fitness 一 a Read More ›
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