[Right Wing Professor]

Here's the genome map if anyone wants to browse. Click anywhere to zoom in; the colored boxes are genes; several contiguous boxes of the same color denote a single RNA transcript; the arrows are the direction of transcription; click on the box to find out what we think the gene codes for.

[Right Wing Professor]

Correction; the colors code for the metabolic pathway the gene is involved in.

[Aracelis]

Thanks, RWP! Very interesting information!

[PatrickHenry]

Here's the genome map if anyone wants to browse.

It's a code. A code from the Intelligent Designer!! It says: "Twin towers, 9/11 ... Bush did it for the oil."

[LibWhacker]

Very interesting, thanks!

[Southack]

"There are no duplicate gene copies, no viral genes, and no junk DNA."

All this time...and no viral genes are in its DNA!

My goodness...

[furball4paws]

I am a little familiar with this bug and I knew they were sequencing it. I am not surprised at its size. It has paid the price of not being able to respond to local environmental excesses by adapting to a very thin soup.

BTW, open ocean is P limited not N, but combined N is still difficult to find. I rather doubt the 25% number. All in all a good find and thanks for the link too!