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Mouse Genetic Code Published

Posted by timothy on from the cheese-gene-still-elusive dept.

linuxwrangler writes "Scientists in six countries have published a nearly-complete genetic code of the mouse. Results show striking similarities between human and mouse DNA and scientists are now working on side-beside mapping of the two genomes."

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  1. Striking similarities. by Kaz+Kylheku · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just looking at a mouse shows striking similarities to a human being. Skeleton with a backbone, pelvis and skull. Two eyes. Brain, nervous system, heart, lungs. A nose with two holes above a mouth, between two eyes. Et cetera.

    It's not that astounding that similarities in the genetic code should be found, or even striking ones. ;)

  2. Re:Spoiler Alert: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful
    No, no, no! G is always paired with C, and A with T. "ACCCCT" is not valid DNA.

    Now get out of my comics shop.

  3. Original Articles by SilverLuz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nature is providing most or all of the 'mouse edition' of their journal freely on their website, www.nature.com
    Some of the editorials read easily, but are a bit more meaty than little newsbites.

    I'm surprised this story didn't make the main page - do people not realize how important this data is? Having a mammalian genome available for comparative analyses with the human genome is a major landmark. The articles I've seen mostly talk about locating genes, but its locating other things - regulatory regions, non-coding RNA genes, and other functional non-protein-coding DNA - that's more difficult, but now possible, and, IMNSHO, much more exciting. Then again, I'm rather biased.