Gene Leads To Big Bottoms

Ananova ^ | 9-17-2002

[blam]

Gene leads to big bottoms

A single gene could explain why some people have larger bums than others.

Experts in the US have discovered a mutated gene which leads to some animals boasting "unusually big and muscular bottoms".

Researchers from the Duke University Medical Centre, in North Carolina, hope the genetic mutation will explain how muscle and fat is deposited in humans.

They described the discovery in sheep as "especially exciting", saying the unusual gene has evaded all traditional means of detection for nearly a decade.

The gene has been named "callipyge" - which translates as "beautiful buttocks" in Greek - because the sheep have such large, muscular bottoms with very little fat.

Scientists say such an attribute could prove beneficial in breeding because it enables the animals to convert food into muscle 30% more efficiently than the average sheep.

According to Randy Jirtle, professor of radiation oncology at Duke University and co-author of the study, the gene could explain specific processes that give rise to obesity and fat metabolism.

"These sheep are, in effect, pumping iron without lifting weights, said Professor Jirtle. "They are converting food into muscle in their hind regions, instead of converting food into fat.

Results of the study, funded by the US Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health, were published in the October 2002 issue of US science journal Genome Research.

Story filed: 13:42 Tuesday 17th September 2002

[chilepepper]

They described the discovery in sheep as "especially exciting"

Hmmmmmm... I've heard about these types of people before.

[cynicom]

blam...

Maybe we should monitor your reading habits???? hehehehe

[ladyinred]

The gene has been named "callipyge" - which translates as "beautiful buttocks" in Greek - because the sheep have such large, muscular bottoms with very little fat.

ROTFL!!!!!

[nravoter]

"Do these genes make my butt look big?"

[skeeter]

Get on your bikes & ride!

[dfwgator]

LOL!!

[CatoRenasci]

Majoring in Animal Husbandry, no doubt.

Hope no one catches them at it.

[xJones]

They didn't need to use sheep, they could have used my sister-in-law.

[Inge_CAV]

"Results of the study, funded by the US Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health, were published in the October 2002 issue of US science journal Genome Research."

I think these guys have been playing with Grecian sheep too long.

[general_re]

Fat-bottomed sheep, you make the rockin' world go round...

[dfwgator]

Big Bottom
The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin
That's what I said.
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand
Or so I have read.
My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo.
I love to sink her with my pink torpedo.

Big bottom
Big bottom
Talk about bum cakes,
My gal's got 'em.
Big bottom,
Drive me out of my mind.
How can I leave this behind?

I saw her on monday, twas my lucky bun day
You know what I mean.
I love her each weekday, each velvety cheekday
You know what I mean.
My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights
Big game's waiting there inside her tights

Big bottom
Big bottom
Talk about mud flaps
My gal's got 'em.
Big bottom
Drive me out of my mind.
How can I leave this behind?

[David St. Hubbins]

And don't forget "Big Bottom", written by me and performed by my group Spinal Tap!

[David St. Hubbins]

The best song I ever wrote!

[xJones]

ROFLOL!

[Blueflag]

steatopygia n.

an excess of fat on the buttocks.

Derivative

steatopygous adj.[mod.L (as steatite + Gk huge rump)]

The Oxford English Reference Dictionary, © Oxford University Press 1996

[bandlength]

why lambchop, you've been listening to sir mixalot. . .

[VadeRetro]

Wake me up when they find the "middle-age-and-beyond-potbelly" gene and how to turn mine someone's off.

[Crowcreek]

I've been told: "Don't buy those big genes, you'll wear them all the time because they're comfortable, and before long, you'll grow into them and the old ones won't fit!"

Must be something to it . . .

[Jimmyclyde]

I like BIG BUTTS and I cannot lie!

Those other Suckas can't deny!

When I see a girl with a little bitty waist and a BIG THING in my face,....

I get SPRUNG!!!

Much love to my homie SIR MIX-A-LOT