| Endogenous Retroviral Functionality: 2nd argument refuted Abigail Smith has moved to http://scienceblogs.com/erv Argument #2 ERVs are functional: http://endogenousretrovirus.blogspot.com/2007/07/ervs-are-functional.html (This video is the second in a series.) Index of claims against ERVs: http://endogenousretrovirus.blogspot.com/2007/07/index-to-common-creationist-claims.html Example of Creationist ignorance: http://endogenousretrovirus.blogspot.com/2007/03/id-vs-ervs-part-four-erv-on-ervs.html Co-opted gag proteins: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TCY-4KXDW93-5&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=214e7c509a7e6ab4590cf87a392deb15 HERVs: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17524519&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Tags: endogenous retrovirus functional junk non-coding DNA evolution HIV AIDS cancer genetics common ancestry gag proteins |