The Edge of Evolution
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mutation of
single copy vs. two copies of
Sickle Eve
sickle trait disease
mixtures of hemoglobin in
sinusitus
situs inversus,
skin
Smith, John Maynard
social science
solar system
South America
Southampton, University of
Soviet Union, U.S. arms race with
spandrels
“Spandrels of San Marco, The” (Gould and Lewontin)
Speciation (Coyne and Orr)
species
comparison of
competition of
evolution of
geographic distribution of
relationships of
surviving offspring of
variations in
sperm
spleen
cells destroyed in
starch
stickleback fish
Stone, J. R.
sugar
sulfadoxine with pyrimethamine (S/P)
survival of the fittest
thalassemia
alpha
malarial protection conferred by
Theistic Evolution
theory-of-everything
“Tiger by the Tail”
traffic patterns
Truman Show, The,
Twilight Zone, The,
Type III secretory system (TTSS)
umbilical cord
United States
Soviet arms race with
universe
design of
veins
Venus
vertebrates
viruses
definition of
fighting of
genetic material in
mutation rates of
see also HIV
vision
vitamin C
Ward, Peter
warfarin
water
freezing of
Watson, James
Watson, Richard
Wellems, Thomas
whales
“What Is a Gene”
Whewell, William
White, Nicholas
Wieschaus, Eric
Wilson, E. O.
Winter, Greg
Wisconsin, University of
Woodward, Robert
World War II
worms
Wray, G. A.
X-ray crystallography
X-rays
Yale University
yeast
zebrafish
About the Author
Michael J. Behe received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 for his dissertation work on physical properties of sickle cell hemoglobin. From 1979 to 1982 he was a Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral research fellow at the National Institutes of Health. He is currently Professor of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University. He lives near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents
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Also by Michael J. Behe
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
1. The Elements of Darwinism
2. Arms Race or Trench Warfare?
3. The Mathematical Limits of Darwinism
4. What Darwinism Can Do
5. What Darwinism Can’t Do
6. Benchmarks
7. The Two-Binding-Sites Rule
8. Objections to the Edge
9. The Cathedral and the Spandrels
10. All the World’s a Stage
Appendix A—I, Nanobot
Appendix B—Malaria Drug Resistance
Appendix C—Assembling the Bacterial Flagellum
Appendix D—The Cardsharp
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author