DNA of Woolly Mammoth Fully Sequenced 175
jd writes "Scientists have decoded the mitochondrial DNA of the Woolly Mammoth. According to the article: 'the Mammoth was most closely related to the Asian elephant rather than the African Elephant. The three groups split from a common ancestor about six million years ago, with Asian elephants and mammoths diverging about half a million years later.' This work is tied into efforts by researchers to use DNA to analyze other extinct species, such as the cave bear, the Haast eagle and the American lion. The novel aspect of this latest work is that it involved stitching together almost 50 fragments of mtDNA in order to obtain the sequence as a whole."
Great... (Score:3, Funny)
Mammoths evolve? wait a sec... (Score:3, Funny)
DNA? Evolution? Never happened! Mammoths were on the Ark with Noah!
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For the ID kooks out there who are probably speaking in tongues and convulsing on the floor after today's spanking in court I offer an interesting letter to the editor.
Some don't need vaccine
Recent news about the avian flu virus has raised concerns from main street to the White House. There is the possibility, even likelihood, that the virus will mutate into a form that can more easily infect humans.
As the president pointed out, a vaccine cannot be made until this evolution occurs.
This raises the concern that it may be impossible to create enough vaccine fast enough to protect all our citizens. But there is hope.
Gallup polls tell us that up to 45 percent of Americans don't believe in evolution. Since random mutation is the engine of evolution, these same people must believe that the virus cannot mutate.
Therefore, there is no need to waste vaccine on folks who believe there is no possible threat to themselves -- thus leaving a sufficient supply for the rest of us. Perhaps the president, given his doubts about evolution, may wish to demonstrate his leadership by foregoing vaccination.
This approach has added benefits. Polls also tell us that disbelief in evolution is more pronounced among the less educated, the poor and conservatives. If the anti-evolutionists among these groups were to opt out of vaccination then, through immediate deaths and natural selection, we would reduce poverty, raise educational attainment and become a more progressive society.
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Can Jurrasic Park be a reality... (Score:2, Funny)
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Easily explained (Score:4, Funny)
What nerdy kids will want for Christmas... (Score:3, Funny)
tasty (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I for one... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Incorrect title (again) (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Mitochondrial DNA! (Score:3, Funny)
Sentence fragment.
Come on folks, this is junior high biology.....
And that was grade school English.
The woolly mammoth... (Score:4, Funny)
Mitochondrial Count (Score:3, Funny)
So the force is strong in him but I sense great fear in the Woolly Mammoth , and fear leads to extinction.
Relief (Score:5, Funny)
How many bytes... (Score:3, Funny)
Ted Turner is going to make out like a bandit! (Score:3, Funny)
Mmmmmmm........ ribs!
You missed 'arthritic'... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:bogus: diverging about half a million years lat (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Might Mammouth DNA reveal... (Score:2, Funny)
What do you mean? Hurled from a Catapult or a Trebuchet?