Genetic Recombination Affirms Creation

The science of genetics originated with creationist Gregor Mendel (peas be upon him), and believers in universal common descent claim that it refutes creation. Not hardly! Indeed, the more genomics progresses, the more the work of the Master Designer becomes obvious.

DNA, genes, chromosomes, molecular motors, and all that good stuff has to be working together with great precision. Part of their job is to produce genetic variation where sperm and eggs form in sexually-reproducing organisms. This is for the health of the species. An amazing process called recombination comes into play.

Shuffling cards, Pexels / Kristóf Sass-Kovan

The genome is shuffled like a deck of cards. This process could easily go wrong if the Creator had not designed it to have safeguards. Our genome has twenty-two regular chromosomes nicely paired up, then they switch sides, get cut into pieces, and put back together in a controlled way. One might expect the chromosome sets from parents to produce offspring that are identical all the time, but siblings are still different because of this recombination. Remember, evolutionists believe this important, complex, and amazing process is the product of chance.

According to the evolutionary paradigm, complex genetic information in the form of genes and regulatory DNA can randomly evolve through mutations and selection. But this erroneous idea becomes more untenable with every new discovery in the field of genomics.

For example, research on meiosis, a type of cell division that produces genetic variation when sperm and egg cells form, is creating major roadblocks for conventional evolutionary theory. Genetic recombination, a key event during meiosis, is proving to be especially problematic for the mutation-selection myth. The precise regulation of this process, once thought to be largely random, involves an amazing amount of engineering.

To finish reading, see "Genetic Recombination: A Regulated and Designed Chromosomal System."