Posted on 04/12/2007 6:57:06 PM PDT by ASA Vet
Scientists have finished sequencing the genome of the rhesus macaque monkey in work they say will enhance medical research in a wide range of areas, including HIV and neuroscience.
The findings will also advance scientists' understanding of primate evolution and what makes humans genetically distinct.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
Is that the same genome Senator Allen was talking about?
Must be from the same journalist.
Who is it?
So what will these researchers do now with this erudite data
Knowledge is Power, but who has the wisdom to utilize the language of inheritance without great error in this Tower of Babel we call human civilization?
It is George Allen. From Wikapedia:
>>On August 11, 2006, at a campaign stop in Breaks, Virginia, near the Kentucky border, Allen twice used the word macaca to refer to S.R. Sidarth, who was filming the event as a “tracker” for the opposing Webb campaign. Sidarth is of Indian ancestry, but was born and raised in Fairfax County, Virginia. Macaca is a slur meaning “monkey” in francophone African nations, which led to speculation that Allen may have heard the epithet from his mother, a Francophone who grew up in French-colonial Tunisia. Allen apologized and later said that he did not know the meaning of the word. After the incident, many bloggers and comedians, and some commentators, began to refer to Allen as “Senator Macaca” or “Macacawitz” (combining his gaffe with the controversy over his response to his mother’s Jewish ancestry).<<
Oh, good! Maybe I could clone it and then I could share macaque with the whole world....
Thanks, I vaguely remember that now from when he had his 15 minute turn as FR’s declared GOP savior.
I'm still waiting for the Kobe Tai clone I ordered.
By the time it's ready I'll probably be to old to remember why.
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