From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat Oct 09 1999 - 08:13:21 MDT
>> In this genre of future fiction, did anyone read the bestseller
"Chromosome
>> 6" that came out I believe 2 years ago?
>Very very difficult. There is a 2%+ difference in the primate &
>human genomes and it is not specific to a single chromosome.
Nor only that, human chromosome 2 is the fused remains of two different
chromosomes in other primates. Would this matter, if the bulk of the same
genetic data is still there in both cases? Dunno, but I wouldn't suggesting
trying this experiment at home.
Damien Broderick
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