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Genome Surprise

Posted by timothy on from the paring-down-estimates dept.

Catskul writes "Along with the news that the polished and (more nearly) complete human genome being published Monday, comes a surprising observation about the genome: We have substantially fewer genes than expected; between 27,000 and 40,000 as compared to an original estimate of 140,000." Update: 04/14 01:22 GMT by T : For everyone who can't look at a Z, headline updated with an S in "surprise."

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  1. French Cloners by c4tp's+friend · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is why scientists are rebuking the French company's (Cloneaid?) claims that they have already cloned a human.

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  2. This is Great by buyo-kun · · Score: -1, Redundant

    More of a person to hate

  3. Oh my! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That's zertainly a surprize.

  4. So does that mean... by miketang16 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That we're like 1/3 of what we were originally thought to be? I feel like less of a person....

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  5. Re:Genome Surprize by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    1 cup shredded Jack cheese

    If you don't have Jack cheese, is it OK to just jackoff into the surprise instead? Once it's baked, who's going to know the difference? Heck, if you don't have genome then you damn sure better jackoff into it anyway.