Re: GENOMES: Human gene number revised down

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Thu Jun 05 2003 - 14:17:04 MDT

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    On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Jeff Davis commenting on my comments
    regarding genome sizes wrote:

    > Does this mean that from now on you'll renounce your--
    > at the very least disproportionate if not entirely
    > unwarranted--prejudice, and show more respect for
    > bread mold, and acknowledge its accomplishments and
    > rightful place of honor in the universe?

    I'll probably not vote until it is clear whether or
    not vertebrate complexity is significantly greater
    than fungi complexity (at the protein level vs. the
    gene level).

    But I'm certainly willing to step down a step or two
    in terms of vertebrates are "so much more complex"
    than non-vertebrates in the general terms of our current
    knowledge base. That "assertion" may have taken a
    significant hit.

    Robert



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