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Factoring Out Common Genes To Find Unknown Ones

Posted by timothy on from the diff-me-whale dept.

ProgressiveCynic writes "Dr. Michael Brent has designed a novel algorithm for discovering unknown genes by factoring out commonalities between the genomes of different species. Using the algorithm to compare the genomes of mice and men, he and his collegues have already discovered over a thousand new genes.
So why didn't he just use ZIP?"

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  1. Did the author really just say that? by immanis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks to me like the author just told Dr. Michael Brent to Zip his Genes.

    Did he leave the barn door open?

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  2. Re:Facorting out Common Stories To Find New Ones by umofomia · · Score: 3, Funny
    Dr. Michael Brent has designed a novel algorithm for discovering new Slashdot stories by factoring out commonalities between the sotries of diferent days. Using the algorithm to compare the sories of today and of a few days ago, he and his collegues have already discovered over a thousand Slashdot stories that haven't even been noticed.
    On an interesting sidenote, during his analysis Dr. Brent also discovered that many of the stories appeared to be duplicates of each other. The evolutionary purpose and reason for these duplicates are still under speculation, but he has been overheard mentioning the word "CmdrTaco".