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Chimpanzee Genome Sequenced

Posted by michael on from the in-laws dept.

dharash writes "Nature reports 'Researchers today released a draft version of the genetic sequence of our closest relative, the chimpanzee Pan troglodytes..The differences between the chimp's genetic code and ours should reveal what makes us human...' Click here for the entire article."

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  1. Great - this will be useful by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    cd slashtroll
    cvs rdiff -r chimp -r human genome | patch -p1 ./make

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  2. Funded by Michael Jackson by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    This research has been funded by Michael Jackson, after his recent trouble. If they can genetically modify "Bubbles" to look like the "Home Alone"-era MacCauley Culkin, Michael might be able to avoid future legal trouble.

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  3. Should reveal what makes us human? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I doubt this will even reveal what makes a chimp a chimp.

    People expect too much from genome sequencing. This is a dead genome, not an expressive genome configured with epigenetic states in a runtime environment as would exist in a living cell. This is a good first step, but a genome sequence is barely a start and inferring high-level characteristics from such a sequence is ridiculous.