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timothy
on from the that-must-have-been-a-bitch dept.
Manwe's Herald writes "The first draft of the dog genome sequence has been deposited into free public databases for use by biomedical and veterinary researchers around the globe, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today."
Who would have known they would Open Source this stuff. I'm surprised someone didn't get a patent so you'd have to pay a royalty for every breath your dog takes.
-- If Darwin was right, you'd be dead by now.
In case of slashdotting....
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Hex4def6
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Re:In case of slashdotting....
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PateraSilk
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This must be one of those new dogs with six nucleotides.
What does "Y" pair with?
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Danke tres mucho, tovarishch.
And geeks everywhere rejoyce...
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stefanlasiewski
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And open source geeks everywhere begin compiling their own version of Dog.
-- "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
This means big changes in the world of dogs
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Kanpai
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Dog liscences will now be under the GPL. Breeds will be reffered to from this point forward as Distros. Microsoft will build a grossly ineffiecent one, but will show everyone how it looks really pretty and doesn't bite, and everyone will buy that dog instead of decent dogs.
I wonder how long it is before a joint effort by animal rights owners and fanatical christians start complaining about whether man understanding this much of Dog is morally right.
Tell NASA: now they can have cloned dogs to go with their robotic cats.
-- SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
Re:Massive number of chromosomes
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bcrowell
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Specifically, they found:
on chromosome 37: bringing home dead things.
on chromosome 16: sniffing other dogs' butts
on chromosome 19: rolling in the mud
on chromosome 62: peeing on fire hydrants
on chromosome 77: chasing cyclists and mail carriers
on chromosome 44: jerking your leg when you get your belly scratched
And in case any of this seems like irrelevant ivory-tower stuff, it has some very real applications, e.g., they may be able to modify the human genome to remove some of these same behaviors from the males of our own species.
But will this allow Poodles to fly?
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jebiester
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From "The Vidiot from UHF"...
Ola! And welcome to Raul's Wild Kingdom! Today, we're teaching poodles how to fly! Are you ready Fifi? Are psyched? Here we gooooooo..... (Throws poodle out of window)
yipe yipe yipe yipe yipe yipe *thump*
You know, sometimes it takes 'em a leetle longer to get it right.
Re:Degeneracies, IUPAC codes, etc.
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Anonymous Coward
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Who would have known they would Open Source this stuff. I'm surprised someone didn't get a patent so you'd have to pay a royalty for every breath your dog takes.
If Darwin was right, you'd be dead by now.
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And open source geeks everywhere begin compiling their own version of Dog.
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
Dog liscences will now be under the GPL. Breeds will be reffered to from this point forward as Distros. Microsoft will build a grossly ineffiecent one, but will show everyone how it looks really pretty and doesn't bite, and everyone will buy that dog instead of decent dogs.
I wonder how long it is before a joint effort by animal rights owners and fanatical christians start complaining about whether man understanding this much of Dog is morally right.
Tell NASA: now they can have cloned dogs to go with their robotic cats.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
And in case any of this seems like irrelevant ivory-tower stuff, it has some very real applications, e.g., they may be able to modify the human genome to remove some of these same behaviors from the males of our own species.
Find free books.
From "The Vidiot from UHF"...
Ola! And welcome to Raul's Wild Kingdom! Today, we're teaching poodles how to fly! Are you ready Fifi? Are psyched? Here we gooooooo..... (Throws poodle out of window)
yipe yipe yipe yipe yipe yipe *thump*
You know, sometimes it takes 'em a leetle longer to get it right.
Perhaps more importantly, you failed it.