Thinking through claims that mutations make new information. (CT Scan, Episode 82)

Often, claims that mutations produce useful new genetic information involve one of four processes: 1) duplication of information, 2) loss of control over how information is used, 3) degeneration of information, and 4) transfer of information. In each case, you can ask, “Does this involve something happening to information that already existed? And if this happened repeatedly, would it produce life as we know it?” (Hint: YES and NO.)
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DIGGING DEEPER
🔹 Purdom, G. & Anderson, K. (2009). A Creationist Perspective of Beneficial Mutations in Bacteria. https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/a-creationist-perspective-of-beneficial-mutations-in-bacteria/
🔹 Anderson, K. (2016) How Are New Genes Made? https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/how-are-new-genes-made/
🔹 Purdom, G. (2008) Gene Duplication: Evolution Shooting Itself in the Foot. https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/gene-duplication/
🔹 Mitchell, E. (2012) New Functions Through Gene Duplication. https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/new-function-gene-duplication/
🔹 Mitchell, E. (2012) Deregulation of an Existing Trait. https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/de-regulation-of-existing-trait/
🔹 “Increasing Organisms’ Genetic Information.” (2010). https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/increasing-organisms-genetic-information/
🔹 Book chapter: Information: Evidence for a Creator? https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/information-theory/information-evidence-for-a-creator/ (From The New Answers Book 2, available to read online for free here: https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/new-answers-book-2/)
🔹 Book chapter: Are Mutations Part of the Engine of Evolution? https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/are-mutations-part-of-the-engine-of-evolution/ (From The New Answers Book 2, available to read online for free here: https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/new-answers-book-2/)
🔹 Book chapters: Mutation-Selection in Biblical Perspective https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/biblical-perspective/ and Mutations, Yes; Evolution, No. https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/mutations-yes-evolution-no/ (From Dr. Garry Parker, Creation: Facts of Life, New Leaf Publishing Group, 2006, available to read online for free here: https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/creation-facts-of-life/)
🔹 All information theory articles: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/information-theory/
🔹 All mutation articles: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/
🔹 All genetics topics: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/
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CITED REFERENCES
Purdom, G. & Anderson, K. (2009). A Creationist Perspective of Beneficial Mutations in Bacteria. https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/a-creationist-perspective-of-beneficial-mutations-in-bacteria/
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