First Irish genome sequenced

BioMed Central ^ | September 7, 2010 | Unknown

[decimon]

The meaning of 'begorrah' remains a mystery.

[decimon]

Luck of the ping.

[presently no screen name]

high prevalence of a number of diseases

What is that about?

[catman67]

Maybe they can isolate the Guinness gene!

[AU72]

Maybe this will lead to a cure of 'Irish Alzheimers'.

You forget everything except the grudges.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Seriously, hard-headedness and red hair are not diseases.

[dblshot]

Well, that explains my liking of Tullamore Dew. Sláinte

[presently no screen name]

or freckles - or humor!

[Pecos]

But they may be declared to be such under OC.

[JimRed]

The hard-headedness is probably naitive, but the red hair came from the Viking raids and settlement over hundreds of years.

[oh8eleven]

thought to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease and chronic liver disease.
It's not the DNA, it's the Guinness.

[dsrtsage]

The base pairs were unsusual as they were a repeating squence of two C’s, 5 H’s, and an OH

[Young Werther]

My Grandson Declan is named after St Declan of Ireland.

Let the Dancing Begin!

[Tallguy]

Maybe they can isolate the Guinness gene!

I could go for that!

[Kenny Bunk]

Wrong-o, me boy-0.

Your red hair is a Neanderthal trait. Ancient aboriginal Hibernians had a high incidence of red hair and were notably hairy. Your Celts who took over were dark-haired, and your later Danes and Norwegians left the blond bits. The English left a lot of bad feelings and thank god, not their teeth. Your closest ancient euro-relatives are the Galicians of Northwestern Spain and the Bretons.

The real question is, "Who left the Guiness?"

[grey_whiskers]

Me name is O'Genome.

Cheers!

[redhead]

"The hard-headedness is probably naitive, but the red hair came from the Viking raids and settlement over hundreds of years."

Scope THIS out. I love this site.

[nascarnation]

Well we’re certainly prone to alcoholism for sure.
And many of the problems that go with it.

[allmendream]

“high prevalence of a number of diseases”

“What is that about?”

Frequently a gene was discovered when a mutant copy of it turned up causing an affliction. Thus the gene that, if it works it means you do NOT get cystic fibrosis; gets called the “cystic fibrosis gene” - as if the gene was there to either cause or prevent cystic fibrosis.

It is thought that any diseases that are common to a particular population and/or culture might have a genetic component making them more susceptible (or causing) the affliction.

But genes are NOT there to cause genetic disease!

Sort of like a mechanic telling you your cars carburetor is there to flood the engine. Because he discovered the carburetor when the engine started flooding!

[SunkenCiv]

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