From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Wed Jun 04 2003 - 14:59:24 MDT
In a rather stunning turn about, it looks like scientists
are willing to settle on a number of genes in the human
genome at 21,000 (for now).
June 3, 2003
Gene Sweepstakes Ends, but Winner May Well Be Wrong
By NICHOLAS WADE
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/03/science/03GENE.html?pagewanted=print
I'm still in the camp that would put the number closer to 40,000
but I might well be wrong.
So those of you out there feeling that they are at the top of the
evolutionary spectrum -- a reexamination may be in order.
Robert
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