Re: SCI: C. Elegans genetic mapping

Patrick Wilken (patrickw@cs.monash.edu.au)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:02:27 +1100

At 3:10 AM 12-12-98, Kathryn Aegis wrote:
>
>What is the measure of a C. Elegans? 959 cells, 302 neurons, 19,900
>genes, 97 million genetic codes.

What's amazing is that for all our supposed complexity we only have five times as many genes...

best, patrick


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