[__ Science __ ] Made to Shine

[AIG.com]

God designed some amazing glow-in-the-dark creatures that make their own light.

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[Barbarian]

Recent studies show that biolumenesence is evolved in various species of metazoans. Genetic data confirms the hypothesis:

Repeated and Widespread Evolution of Bioluminescence in Marine Fishes

Bioluminescence is primarily a marine phenomenon with 80% of metazoan bioluminescent genera occurring in the world’s oceans. Here we show that bioluminescence has evolved repeatedly and is phylogenetically widespread across ray-finned fishes. We recover 27 independent evolutionary events of...

journals.plos.org

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

Do you think it all started with an interactive design by God?

 

[Barbarian]

Do you think it all started with an interactive design by God?

I don't think it's a good idea to downgrade God to a mere "designer." He is the Creator, not a "maybe a space alien" as the IDers have it. God created the universe to unfold as He intended it to. Hence, life was produced by non-living matter, with the capacity to change over time to adapt to different environments.

 

[Truthfrees]

God designed some amazing glow-in-the-dark creatures that make their own light.

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thanks - great study for children

"God gave female railroad worms the unique ability to glow with two colors: red lights on their heads and green lights on their bodies in long rows that look like the bright windows of a train at night. Railroad worms are the only insects scientists have found that glow with a bioluminescent red light."

 

[Barbarian]

Darwin shines light on the evolution of bioluminescence​

Anthony K. Campbell
21 September 2012
https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.2429

Turns out to be less complex than it seemed before research showed the mode of new enzyme formation.