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Message 16 of 20 (655200)
03-08-2012 3:22 PM 		Reply to: Message 8 by Dr Jack
03-08-2012 3:38 AM

Re: Sequencing != decoded, or deciphered for that matter
Sorry, pet peeve. It really annoys me when people describe genome sequencing as "decoding" or "deciphering"; it's nothing of the sort.
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Completely agree. Getting the DNA sequence is just the first step. Above the genome you have the transcriptome and the proteome. You also have population data outside of the single genome. With the technology available now getting the DNA sequence is much easier than it used to be. The hard part is figuring out what it all means.
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Message 17 of 20 (655261)
03-08-2012 10:22 PM 		Reply to: Message 16 by Taq
03-08-2012 3:22 PM

Re: Sequencing != decoded, or deciphered for that matter
The hard part is figuring out what it all means.
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You're welcome.
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03-08-2012 10:45 PM

From Message 57
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I often hear that Humans are more intellegent than the Gorilla.
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But one:
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  • never seems in a hurry.
  • spends his day eating and playing with the kids.
  • has his women folk about him.
  • takes a nap every day.
  • never worries about what to wear.
  • never worries about budgets or taxes.
  • has never gone to war.
  • doesn't much care what the neighbors think.
  • is never late for work.
  • has never heard kids asking "What's for dinner"?
  • doesn't have to block out channels on the remote.
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I have a feeling that just maybe, when they were handing out intellegence, the Gorillas and Humans flipped a coin.
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We lost.
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03-09-2012 12:22 PM 		Reply to: Message 17 by Dr Adequate
03-08-2012 10:22 PM

Re: Sequencing != decoded, or deciphered for that matter
You're welcome.
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It would appear that you have caught the reductionist with his pants down.
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03-09-2012 2:45 PM 		Reply to: Message 19 by Taq
03-09-2012 12:22 PM

reductionist
it's the gorilla his dreams.
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