Mouse Genetic Code Published

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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I know! I know!

[GuyMannDude]

Results show striking similarities between human and mouse DNA and scientists are now working on side-beside mapping of the two genomes

And the project is called "Of Mice and Men", right?

GMD

Re:I know! I know!

[hitchhacker]

> And the project is called "Of Mice and Men", right?

more like "The Best laid plans of mice and men."
oooh, creepy.
The mice will be furious.

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Striking similarities.

[Kaz Kylheku]

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. ;)

DNA is nice and all

[Cokelee]

but what could possibly be more important is noncoding RNA, or microRNA. I read a good article about it at Science News.
Another useful link is the project site for the program RNAGENiE.

Just thought many people would find that interesting.

Re:DNA is nice and all

[Otter]

Note, though, that microRNAs and other noncoding RNAs are encoded by genes in DNA, just like the more familiar genes whose RNAs are translated to protein. That's perhaps part of the reason why humans seem to have a surprisingly low number of genes -- microRNAs were recently discovered and there may be many more such families that existing methods don't recognize as genes.

Presumably such families, being important, would be similar between the human and mouse genome and much of the analysis of those similarities involves looking exactly for that.

Doesn't Disney have copyright?

[MacAndrew]

Or patent or trademark or whatever the heck Mickey is at this point. The Sonny Bono Act will only carry them so far. (Don't blame him for what Disney forces him to lobby for.)

Genetically engineered mice can be patented, so bioengineered or cloned progeny of Mickey may be attractive to Disney Genetics and Licensing, Inc. There is some suspicion Mickey himself is engineered, as he has not aged in over 60 years.

Set Mickey free!

Re:Spoiler Alert:

[GMontag451]

The pairs are for the two different helices in DNA, you don't actually write the other member of the pair when describing a DNA sequence. ACCCCT is perfectly fine DNA. It just has a complement (other side) of TGGGGA.