ScienceDaily (Oct. 7, 2008) — How a cell assembles its internal machinery required for cell movement has been revealed for the first time. The researchers discovered a complex of three proteins that directly regulates the myosin network within a cell, thus generating traction force to propel the cell forward. (Myosin is the most common protein found in muscle cells, and is responsible for the elastic and contractile properties of muscle. A different form of myosin is involved in cell movement.) The findings have widespread implications in the fields of cancer growth and spread, wound- healing, learning and memory, and developmental biology.
The response from the Creationists (Behe and ilk) should make interesting reading.
This is proof of what? Did the research demonstrate how this occured by totally random chance mutation(s)?
E. Morriss Says:
No, so creationists remain free to believe in pixie dust sprinkled by angels.
Quote from article: “This research …is fundamental to the understanding of how a cell responds to its external environment.”
There is nothing in the article that explains the cells “response” to its environment. Are they suggesting locomotion evolved as a response to a the cell’s environment?
I see nothing in this article about how this process evolved, or for that matter that it evolved at all, or any mention of evolution. This nothing more than an article about “we figured out how it works”. While that is a notable achievement, it says absolutely nothing about evolution…unless you have been sniffing pixie dust.