Dog Genome Sequenced

virtualXTC writes "There is an article in Nature today about Shadow's (Craig Venter's dog) sequence being released and freely available to the public (a rare trend in biotech). Craig Venter is generally regarded as the person responsible for getting the human genome sequenced years ahead of schedule using his own DNA and shotgun sequencing approach."

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Hulk Poodle

[Bowling Moses]

There's an awful lot of animosity towards Craig Venter, so it's no surprise that around the lab there's been more than one reference towards the genetically modified poodle seen in the Hulk...

Dog genome sequenced?

[Tuxinatorium]

Great, now we're one step closer to cloning Dubya! Won't that be great? With two of him he can cram enough bad grammar into presidential addresses to make every English teacher in the country die of fear. Ah, sweet, sweet, revenge for that oh-so-stupid class.

What about the Penguin Genome?

[G4from128k]

With the the price of sequencing technology falling like a used PC, I wonder when more amateurs will start their own sequencing projects. Seems like the ultimate open source project to me.

Of course with the current penchant for biotech patents, I would not be surprised to discover that I could get jailed on DMCA violations for decoding my own genome.