Scientists Sequence Half the Woolly Mammoth's Genome

Scientific American ^ | 11/19/08 | Kate Wong

[stormer]

Here’s one claim for 1903: http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq21405.html

[Deb]

No need to get all pissy and defensive.

Once a year the genome guys come out with some hysterical declaration about mapping something or other. And at some point it may all lead to break thrus, but give me millions of dollars with no definitive time-line and I'll give you a list of ways humans are set apart "...from other primates." And my list will have color pictures.

[Elle Bee]

thank you

LOL

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[allmendream]

Oh, so I should blandly accept your ignorant statement that genomic data is of no use when it has revolutionized the way we view how DNA is regulated, pinpointed sequences of high functionality, and proteins of particular interest to humans?

Sorry, but such ignorance cannot go unchallenged by the actual state of affairs within biology, a subject I am privy to, and you obviously have no earthly idea about.

I guess presenting the actual value of something you claim has no value is being “pissy and defensive”. Don't shoot the messenger. You made an ignorant and stupid statement, I corrected you. No need to get pissy and defensive about it.

[Abathar]

"To date, thirty-nine preserved bodies have been found, but only four of them are complete. In most cases the flesh shows signs of decay before its freezing and later desiccation. Stories abound about frozen mammoth corpses that were still edible once defrosted, but the original sources indicate that the corpses were in fact terribly decayed, and the stench so unbearable that only the dogs accompanying the finders showed any interest in the flesh."

Good call, you were right.

[hunter112]

Is it correct for me to assume that your problem with the research is the large amounts of money for little apparent return, and not something else?

We could make the same case about the space program fifty years ago, and today we have satellites that help mightily in weather prediction, navigation, and communication. The program cost a bunch, and you may argue with that space-race moon landing thing (it was less costly in lives than fighting a proxy war in Asia) but there did eventually emerge some benefits for ordinary everyday Americans.

I'm looking forward to seeing genetically engineered crops and food animals that require less pesticides/medicines as well as being able to improve them nutritionally. Human beings took a great leap towards civilization when they made domesticated creatures out of the wild ones they were living next to. I see genetic engineering as holding the same sort of promise.

[Deb]

Ooooh, When Nerds Attack!!!! This is my favorite thread today.

I'm just messin' with ya. Give us a cuddle.

[wildbill]

Yeah, but then we’d have to clone these babies to take those woolies down.
BONE CRUSING SUPER WOLF WENT EXTINCT IN ICE AGE
‘Being confronted with a pack of wolves is bad enough, but if you happened to be in Alaska some 12,000 years ago, things would be much, much worse. Back then, the icy forests were patrolled by a sort of super-wolf. Larger and stronger than the modern gray wolf, this beast had bigger teeth and more powerful jaws, built to kill very large prey.’
http://notexactlyrocketscience.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/bone-crushing-super-wolf-went-extinct-during-last-ice-age/

[allmendream]

>cuddle<

sweet! Nerds don’t get enough cuddles! ;)

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I'm looking forward to seeing genetically engineered crops and food animals that require less pesticides

Done. At least for crops. There are rice, corn and cotton cultivars that have GM capabilities to make their own insecticides, and other crops with genetic resistance to Roundup, allowing no plow cultivation.

Right now they are raising the first farm generations of pigs modified to have an enzyme in their saliva that will aid in the digestion of phosphates. This will reduce the pollution from pig poop. Phosphates in pig poop cause algae blooms that choke waterways and fish.