De-coding Worm DNA

Kabby writes "I'm surprised it has yet to appear on Slashdot, but... Scientists announced Thursday that they have the first genetic blueprint of a multi-celled animal. Its DNA consists of 97 million chemical unitsand is expected to contain 19,099 genes. CNN has an article that i caught in the NY times this morning. Apparently, we are more closely related to worms than we'd like to be... See for yourself, but I am not convinced yet. " H: Interesting stuff-from what I've heard, the first complete de-coding of a genome. This one is actually cool because of the extent that this particular strand of nematode is used in experiments worldwide.