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Lake sturgeon have genes from parasite, signs of human STD
Purdue University ^ | May 11, 2010 | Brian Wallheimer

Posted on 05/11/2010 11:12:45 AM PDT by decimon

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - While trying to find a DNA-based test to determine the sex of lake sturgeon, Purdue University researchers found that the sturgeon genome contains trematode genes that didn't originally belong to it and may harbor a protozoan parasite that causes a sexually transmitted disease in humans.

Genetics professor Andrew DeWoody and postdoctoral associate Matthew C. Hale found the parasite and pathogen genes while analyzing DNA from the gonads of lake sturgeon, a species that is on the decline because of overfishing and pollution of its habitats. The only way to determine a lake sturgeon's sex currently is to examine its internal sexual organs.

DeWoody said about 15 genes found in the lake sturgeon came from Schistosoma, a parasitic worm. Lateral gene transfer from one organism to another is rare, especially in multicellular animals, he said, but could be part of some evolutionary process for the sturgeon.

(Excerpt) Read more at purdue.edu ...


TOPICS: Food; Science
KEYWORDS: alfranken; genetics; genomics; microbiology

1 posted on 05/11/2010 11:12:45 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

Was Tiger Woods or Madonna swimming there?


2 posted on 05/11/2010 11:14:07 AM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain/Graham = La Raza's Senators & Estefan-Rubio)
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To: decimon
"I swear, honey! I got this rash after eating lake sturgeon!"

Lol

3 posted on 05/11/2010 11:18:21 AM PDT by dware (3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
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To: decimon

Bill Clinton PING!


4 posted on 05/11/2010 11:23:43 AM PDT by Thurston_Howell_III (Ahoy polloi... where did you come from, a scotch ad?)
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To: decimon
Genetics professor Andrew DeWoody and postdoctoral associate Matthew C. Hale found the parasite and pathogen genes while analyzing DNA from the gonads of lake sturgeon, a species that is on the decline because of overfishing and pollution of its habitats.

Using the words gonads and DeWoody in the same sentence should not be allowed on this forum.

5 posted on 05/11/2010 11:28:09 AM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: Frantzie

So THAT’S why they all said this girl at college smelled like fish!


6 posted on 05/11/2010 11:31:10 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dware

But I'm not that kind of sturgeon!


7 posted on 05/11/2010 11:45:31 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: decimon

Okay, who’s bangin’ the sturgeon?


8 posted on 05/11/2010 11:47:04 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Deb

That part of the Lake is a sea of blue voters.


9 posted on 05/11/2010 11:47:51 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: dware; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!

Buddy Hackett said that as you get older, you don’t want to waste a good erection, even when you are fishing...


10 posted on 05/11/2010 11:48:35 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The hysteria of Matthewsism and Andersonism has led to a Tea Party Scare that is unAmerican.)
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To: Lurker

Figures.


11 posted on 05/11/2010 11:51:35 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: decimon

MMMMMMMMMM Caviar......


12 posted on 05/11/2010 11:58:06 AM PDT by Adder (Proudly ignoring Zero since 1-20-09! WTFU!)
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To: Thurston_Howell_III
Remember, what he and Monica did wasn't really sex!


13 posted on 05/11/2010 12:24:52 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (We were hoping for flying unicorns that crapped skittles. We got nationalized health care.)
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To: decimon

Sleeping with the fishes?!



14 posted on 05/11/2010 12:51:24 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
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To: decimon
Barney Frank often vacations in Indiana....
15 posted on 05/11/2010 12:53:33 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: decimon

Puzzle solved!

16 posted on 05/11/2010 1:39:34 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: Frantzie

17 posted on 05/11/2010 1:41:25 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

She looks even worse now. I was in CVS or Walgreens and they showed her and she weighs about 70 lbs.


18 posted on 05/11/2010 2:01:03 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain/Graham = La Raza's Senators & Estefan-Rubio)
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To: decimon; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; Battle Axe; null and void; ...
micro ping - note, the title of the citation, with its misspelled 'Xeniobiotics,' and the abstract follow the press release. Here's a link about 454 pyrosequencing technology that's from an academic souce.
19 posted on 05/12/2010 7:38:03 AM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Well, see what happens when you run with bottom feeders!


20 posted on 05/12/2010 7:43:23 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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