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Communities of Mutants Form as DNA Testing Grows
GeneRegulator writes "The NY Times is running a story on communities that are forming around kids with rare genetic mutations. New technology that can scan chromosomes for small errors is being applied first to children with autism and other 'unexplained developmental delays.' It turns out that many of them have small deletions or duplications of DNA. Meanwhile, hundreds of little groups are forming around the banner of their children's shared mutations. As new research shows that many of us have small deletions and duplications of DNA that separate us from our parents, and that many of these "copy number variants" contribute to skills and senses, the families described in the story may presage the formation of all sorts of 'communities of the genetically rare' in the general population, not just amongst the developmentally delayed."
Finally I'll be able to find others with an abnormally small penis!
Prior to this I had been hanging around sports car dealerships.
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
the families described in the story may presage the formation of all sorts of 'communities of the genetically rare' in the general population
... I pick a different year every time so I will be right.) In any post-Apocalyptic environment, everyone knows that those who are "different" are invariably put to death, unless they have some supra-normal power(s) that they can use to defend themselves and rule over the remaining survivors.
They may not fare so well in the Great Collapse of 2017 (mark my words
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
YEAH! 'Cause that's totally what most nerds do! Don't you remember in school? The roaming packs of nerds picking fights with all the bigger, stronger kids?
save the world
So where's the Howard family's web site?
They have telekinetic mutant powers.
Hah, call me off-topic now!
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?