|
Synopsis: Every cell contains thousands of complex molecular machines that enable it to move, produce energy and replicate. Could Natural Selection have constructed these intricate systems? Through spectacular computer animation, the flagellar motor of a single-cell bacterium is studied in detail. This motor contains more than 40 individual component parts that are each essential to its operation. If any one of these parts is missing or defective the flagellar motor will not operate. This fact (the basis for the theory of “Irreducible Complexity”) has caused some biochemists to re-evaluate the role of Natural Selection in the origin and construction of complex molecular machines. |
|
