[AdmSmith]

Yes, some are really RATS.

[AdmSmith]

Of Mice and Men...

[Question_Assumptions]

DNA is a language written in 4 letters. That means that for every double mutation (where a gene mutates twice), there should be roughly a 1 in 4 chance of the mutation being reversed. Do they take this into account?

[Right Wing Professor]

For example, the work shows that humans are more closely related to rodents than to dogs or cats.

Shows, but not for the first time. Our relationship to the Rodentia has been pretty clear from the dawn of gene sequencing. This looks interesting, but what we really need is a little information about a lot of species, rather than a lot of information about a few. Once you've gotten phylogenetic trees using 10 or 20 genes, I'm not sure adding another 30,000 improves things much.

[LurkedLongEnough]

"The scientists were most surprised with the comparison of Bill Clinton's DNA with that of a horny toad. While not a completely exact match, the scientists expressed optimism that such a match might be obtained using the DNA of his wife, Hillary."

[RightWhale]

Kind of gives a person a warm fuzzy feeling to think he's closer to rats than pigs.