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Randy
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 Posted - 02/12/2009 : 18:38:38
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Quite an interesting article on Neanderthal genome studies...
Scientists create genetic blueprint of Neanderthal
"An international team Thursday said it has completed a draft of the genome (or genetic blueprint) of Neanderthals, which shows that our extinct cousins made "very little, if any" contribution to human genes."
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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Randy
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 02/12/2009 : 20:02:14 [Permalink]
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As far as I could see thus far, that article implied, but did not outright state, that the new sequencing was of Neanderthal nuclear DNA, not of more of the easier-to-find MtDNA. I'm almost certain that this is about nuclear DNA, but I wish it had been stated clearly.
Edit. I missed this:| The draft genome of "nuclear" DNA found in the center of cells required mapping 3.7 million gene elements... |
63% is very fine progress, considering the fractured nature of the old genetic material. This is a really big deal, something that might have seemed forever impossible just a few years ago.
Just imagine: Once the sequencing is complete, there may come a day when our understanding of gene expression may allow us to generate Neanderthals in computer simulations.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 02/12/2009 21:14:35 |
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Quest for Genes
