From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu Jun 05 2003 - 09:59:49 MDT
Damien Broderick wrote,
> At 01:59 PM 6/4/03 -0700, Robert wrote:
>
> >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). ...
>
> >So those of you out there feeling that they are at the top of the
> >evolutionary spectrum -- a reexamination may be in order.
If you read the original article, it is clear that they "settled" on that number "(for now)" to settle a contest bet at the current
deadline required. This is the number of genes were are certain of and can prove. There is evidence of probably more than double
that being in existence but not being detected. Most of the article explains why this number is low and we are still looking. They
settled on that number to be "safe" and because the lowest better was much higher than this number.
In other words, nobody believes this number, even the people who published it. There is good evidence that much, if not more than
half, of the human genome has yet to be detected. Those who keep gloating that we have mapped the human genome should realize that
we may have mapped only a minority fraction of it.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISM, CISSP, IAM, IBMCP, GSEC Certified Security Manager, Professional, Assessor, Consultant, Technician <HarveyNewstrom.com> <Newstaff.com>
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