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Researchers Decode Dog Genome
NY Times ^
| December 7, 2005
| NICHOLAS WADE
Posted on 12/07/2005 5:14:45 PM PST by neverdem
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Boxer bares all Complete dog DNA sequence gives paws for thought.The fact that these sequences are the same in all three animals indicates they could be crucial switches that control the activity of genes, the authors say. The discovery of such 'non-coding' regions, and the quest to find out what they do, is one of the most intriguing questions facing genomicists.
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:14:46 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:16:22 PM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: neverdem
" a female boxer whose owners wish to remain anonymous"
Like it matters.
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:17:51 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com)
To: neverdem
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:17:51 PM PST
by
Antonello
To: neverdem
boxers are quite inbred, easing the decoding task
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:17:52 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:22:27 PM PST
by
Solamente
To: neverdem
Amazing what modern science does.
Genomes are tiny! Decoding them is hard! =P
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:25:49 PM PST
by
Termite_Commander
(Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
To: neverdem
Does this mean that science will finally give us an answer to the question 'Why does a dog lick his doodads?' other than 'Because he can!'?
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:29:09 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Allah FUBAR!)
To: Viking2002
Does this mean that science will finally give us an answer to the question 'Why does a dog lick his doodads?' other than 'Because he can!'?Because he can IS the real answer!
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:34:26 PM PST
by
WIladyconservative
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To: neverdem
I thought the Senators name was Barbra not Tasha.
To: WIladyconservative
Because he can IS the real answer!And who among us hasn't sometimes wished he was a......uh......oh, never mind. *chuckle*
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:44:13 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Allah FUBAR!)
To: neverdem
There are more than 400 million dogs in the world.
To: Viking2002
Why? "Because he can't make a fist".
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posted on
12/07/2005 6:19:39 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: neverdem
I'm glad my butt-sniffing gene is turned off. I know in some humans it is replaced by the butt-kissing gene.
To: neverdem
Finally, someone understands me.
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posted on
12/07/2005 7:13:13 PM PST
by
aimhigh
To: DuncanWaring
Why? "Because he can't make a fist".BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....never thought of that one. :-)
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12/07/2005 7:26:38 PM PST
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Viking2002
(Allah FUBAR!)
To: neverdem
Coincidentally enough, I was involved this very day in a somewhat related matter. A month ago, my dog, Atlas, because of the show success of the litter he sired a year and a half ago (three of the ten, as 4 week old pups, are pictured below), received a stud inquiry from Poland. So, this morning, I took him to a vet who specializes in this type of thing, where he was, ahhh, "collected," and his output analyzed and then frozen, for later shipment in a liquid nitrogen capsule, to Slovokia, where the female dog (I will refrain here from using the correct name for "female dog" here, lest I offend anyone) from Poland will journey, to be artificially inseminated.
The cost for all of this is hideous, and the odds of a pregnancy resulting are notably less than with the "old fashioned" method. But a nice (and apparently prosperous) lady from Warsaw is paying for it. So I won't complain; I'll just be somewhat bemused.
To: All
BOXERS!
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posted on
12/07/2005 7:31:47 PM PST
by
uca99
To: gcruse
Female boxer. Is her name Barbera ?
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posted on
12/07/2005 7:34:47 PM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Okay, bring our troops home. But don't feign suprise when the terrorists tag along.)
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