Can Mutations Create New Information? (CT Scan, Episode 81)

Do mutations create the kind of new information required for microbes-to-man evolution? Mutations can produce new traits which may be beneficial in certain environments. But because genes often encode multiple layers of information, even “beneficial” mutations typically come at a cost. Let’s look closer at why mutations can’t drive ‘onwards and upwards’ evolution.
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DIGGING DEEPER
🔹 Free e-book: In the beginning was information: A scientist explains the incredible design in nature. Dr. Werner Gitt, New Leaf Publishing Group, 2006. https://answersingenesis.org/answers/books/in-beginning-was-information/
🔹 All information theory articles: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/information-theory/
🔹 All mutation articles: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/mutations/
🔹 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/)
🔹 Anderson, K. (2016) How Are New Genes Made? https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/how-are-new-genes-made/
🔹 “Increasing Organisms’ Genetic Information.” (2010). https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/increasing-organisms-genetic-information/
🔹 All genetics topics: https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/
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CITED REFERENCES
• Koonin, E. V., & Novozhilov, A. S. (2009). Origin and evolution of the genetic code: the universal enigma. IUBMB life, 61(2), 99-111.
• Sanford, John, Genetic Entropy & the Mystery of the Genome Elim Publishing: 2005. https://answersingenesis.org/store/product/genetic-entropy-mystery-genome/
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