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From the origin of species to the origin of bacterial flagella

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Pallen, Mark J.; Matzke, Nicholas

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In the recent Dover trial, and elsewhere, the 'Intelligent Design' movement has championed the bacterial flagellum as an irreducibly complex system that, it is claimed, could not have evolved through natural selection. Here we explore the arguments in favour of viewing bacterial flagella as evolved, rather than designed, entities. We dismiss the need for any great conceptual leaps in creating a model of flagellar evolution and speculate as to how an experimental programme focused on this topic...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorPallen, Mark J.
dc.contributor.authorMatzke, Nicholas
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T23:19:58Z
dc.identifier.issn1740-1526
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/103138
dc.description.abstractIn the recent Dover trial, and elsewhere, the 'Intelligent Design' movement has championed the bacterial flagellum as an irreducibly complex system that, it is claimed, could not have evolved through natural selection. Here we explore the arguments in favour of viewing bacterial flagella as evolved, rather than designed, entities. We dismiss the need for any great conceptual leaps in creating a model of flagellar evolution and speculate as to how an experimental programme focused on this topic might look.
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.sourceNature Reviews Microbiology
dc.titleFrom the origin of species to the origin of bacterial flagella
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume4
dc.date.issued2006
local.identifier.absfor060309 - Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis
local.identifier.absfor060409 - Molecular Evolution
local.identifier.absfor060408 - Genomics
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB16829
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationPallen, Mark J., University of Birmingham
local.contributor.affiliationMatzke, Nicholas, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue10
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage784
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage790
local.identifier.doi10.1038/nrmicro1493
local.identifier.absseo970106 - Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
dc.date.updated2016-06-14T08:44:24Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33748874852
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