Lake sturgeon have genes from parasite, signs of human STD

Purdue University ^ | May 11, 2010 | Brian Wallheimer

[decimon]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - While trying to find a DNA-based test to determine the sex of lake sturgeon, Purdue University researchers found that the sturgeon genome contains trematode genes that didn't originally belong to it and may harbor a protozoan parasite that causes a sexually transmitted disease in humans.

Genetics professor Andrew DeWoody and postdoctoral associate Matthew C. Hale found the parasite and pathogen genes while analyzing DNA from the gonads of lake sturgeon, a species that is on the decline because of overfishing and pollution of its habitats. The only way to determine a lake sturgeon's sex currently is to examine its internal sexual organs.

DeWoody said about 15 genes found in the lake sturgeon came from Schistosoma, a parasitic worm. Lateral gene transfer from one organism to another is rare, especially in multicellular animals, he said, but could be part of some evolutionary process for the sturgeon.

[Frantzie]

Was Tiger Woods or Madonna swimming there?

[dware]

"I swear, honey! I got this rash after eating lake sturgeon!"

Lol

[Thurston_Howell_III]

Bill Clinton PING!

[mlocher]

Genetics professor Andrew DeWoody and postdoctoral associate Matthew C. Hale found the parasite and pathogen genes while analyzing DNA from the gonads of lake sturgeon, a species that is on the decline because of overfishing and pollution of its habitats.

Using the words gonads and DeWoody in the same sentence should not be allowed on this forum.

[dangus]

So THAT’S why they all said this girl at college smelled like fish!

[billorites]

But I'm not that kind of sturgeon!

[Deb]

Okay, who’s bangin’ the sturgeon?

[Lurker]

That part of the Lake is a sea of blue voters.

[a fool in paradise]

Buddy Hackett said that as you get older, you don’t want to waste a good erection, even when you are fishing...

[Deb]

Figures.

[Adder]

MMMMMMMMMM Caviar......

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Remember, what he and Monica did wasn't really sex!

[Jeff Chandler]

Sleeping with the fishes?!

[Gay State Conservative]

Barney Frank often vacations in Indiana....

[MarineBrat]

Puzzle solved!

[Joe 6-pack]

[Frantzie]

She looks even worse now. I was in CVS or Walgreens and they showed her and she weighs about 70 lbs.

[neverdem]

micro ping - note, the title of the citation, with its misspelled 'Xeniobiotics,' and the abstract follow the press release. Here's a link about 454 pyrosequencing technology that's from an academic souce.

[Smokin' Joe]

Well, see what happens when you run with bottom feeders!