[QUOTE]Originally posted by William E. Harris:
[B]Percey,The following are comments on your responses 1, 3 & 4.
1. Does anyone have information on the number of genes in the first protozoan ancestor of Homo?[/QUOTE]
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I wouldn't know WH, but Stu Kaufmann once told me He could calculate the total # metabolic species in a given organism and if as kids are taught protenomics these days it is not unlikely given this motivation that someone would claim both to know this ancestor and assert how many genes (within a range) it came to be thought in. I doubted Kaufmann then, except for the astonishment of the Chemists at Cornell, so I would likely do the same if this came out today as you request.