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"maff" |
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03 Nov 2003 02:38:22 PM |
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Decoded DNA would 'reach to Moon' |
Decoded DNA would 'reach to Moon'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3237383.stm
Pioneering scientists in the UK have decoded a record-breaking two
billion letters of DNA, it has been revealed.
The researchers at the Wellcome Trust's Sanger Institute say that if
this DNA was scaled up to the size of a spiral staircase it would
stretch to the Moon.
DNA
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=DNA&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=DNA&sa=N&tab=nw
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=DNA&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=DNA&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
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| User: "Lane Lewis" |
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| Title: Re: Decoded DNA would 'reach to Moon' |
03 Nov 2003 08:56:46 PM |
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:18510aff.0311031239.345ebb77@posting.google.com...
Decoded DNA would 'reach to Moon'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3237383.stm
Pioneering scientists in the UK have decoded a record-breaking two
billion letters of DNA, it has been revealed.
I don't know if it's record breaking or not, didn't the human genome get
decoded and it came out to be 3 billion letters.
Lane
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| User: "Mark W" |
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| Title: Re: Decoded DNA would 'reach to Moon' |
04 Nov 2003 07:53:52 AM |
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"Lane Lewis" <lanejlewis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Decoded DNA would 'reach to Moon'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3237383.stm
Pioneering scientists in the UK have decoded a record-breaking two
billion letters of DNA, it has been revealed.
I don't know if it's record breaking or not, didn't the human genome
get
decoded and it came out to be 3 billion letters.
*embarrassed cough*
It's not finished yet. Nowhere near.
Anyone know how much they've done in the heterochromatic regions?
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| User: "Russ Holsclaw" |
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| Title: Re: Decoded DNA would 'reach to Moon' |
07 Nov 2003 01:05:54 PM |
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I don't know if it's record breaking or not, didn't
the human genome
get
decoded and it came out to be 3 billion letters.
*embarrassed cough*
To clarify, the article in the link points out that a lab in
the UK has been responsible for decoding some 2 billion
bases in various genomes, both human and non-human. They're
responsible for 900-odd million human ones, and the rest are
things like mice and microbes. The article also mentions
that the total human genome is something like 2.9 billion
bases ("letters" if you will). So, this particular lab has
contributed a large share to the human genome effort, but
that's not what the 2 billion figure is about.
BTW, depending on whether the moon is at apogee or perigee,
a spiral staircase with 6-inch risers would require between
about 2.4 and 2.6 billion steps to reach the moon.
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| User: "Dan Luke" |
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| Title: Re: Decoded DNA would 'reach to Moon' |
03 Nov 2003 08:39:09 PM |
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"maff" wrote:
The researchers at the Wellcome Trust's Sanger Institute say
that if this DNA was scaled up to the size of a spiral staircase
it would stretch to the Moon.
Chez watt? ..uh, wouldn't it reach just to the second floor?
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Dan
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