Joel Kontinen
The
leafcutter ant (A. echinatior) genome contained a whopping 34,821genes with
over 12,151 genes not found in any other insect or ant species, not only does
the leafcutter ant have a highly complex social structure. but it forms a special
fungus from the leaves in a large factual garden, the complexity of this ant’s
behavior and the specialized digestive system needed to farm and eat fungus require
a large set of specialized genes.
Averaged all
over in all 30 included insect and arthropod out-cropped species, approximately
13% of all protein coding genes lack a similar counterpart in any other species.
These numbers fall within the expected range of 10 to 3o per cent for all
species-specific orphan genes in other studies.
Darwinian evolution
does not account for this, they were produced by the creator of all things, the
Lord Jesus
Christ.
Source:
Jeffery P
Tomkins. 2026. Novel orphan genes aid in regulated adaptation, Acts and Facts 1
– 2, 18- 22.
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