[MrB]

Not only are the “missing links” still missing,

but where are the millions of minute “mistakes” that didn’t make it?

And how about the impossible odds of the flagellum, requiring 17 simultaneous mutatations, none of which, in any other combination other than the exact one that we see today, could be of any evolutionary benefit?

[ahayes]

You may be interested in this open access article.

Liu, R.; Ochman, H. "Stepwise formation of the bacterial flagellar system." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 2007, 104, 7116.