From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Oct 03 2002 - 15:20:11 MDT
Jeff Davis wrote:
>...
>Brain Size Is Linked to a Gene
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/health/genetics/24BRAI.html?ei=1&en=cc06d9f1cda69b10&ex=1033873175&pagewanted=print&position=top
>
>>From the article:
>
>"The gene's protein consists largely of units called
>IQ domains, a name that has nothing to do with
>intelligence but refers to two chemical units of
>proteins that are known by those letters. But as it
>happens, the number of IQ units seems to correlate
>with an animal's brain size — "a proof of God's
>existence since only someone with a sense of humor
>could have arranged for the correlation," Dr. Woods
>said.
>
>The roundworm's version of the protein has 2 IQ
>domains, the fruit fly's has 24, the mouse's 61 and
>the human's — not so great a leap above the mouse's —
>just 74 domains."
>...
>
>
It makes one wonder about a strain of chimps who had been modified to
have 76, 78, 80... domains...
Actually, it made me wonder about people, but that would be illegal.
(Still, I have this sneaky suspicion that this might be a fatal
modification. Subtle interactions, etc.)
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