Re: Fewer genes than expected

From: Kenneth Van Oost (Kenneth.Van.Oost@village.uunet.be)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 20:00:09 GMT

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Subject: Re: Fewer genes than expected
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:00:09 +0100
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    Hi Bill,

    Thanks for the link !
    I hoped someone would provide it !

    Best

    Kenneth

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net>
    To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 5:18 PM
    Subject: Re: Fewer genes than expected

    > Dear Kenneth,
    >
    > Here is a quote from the Nature article (Vol. 409, p. 901), on
    > www.nature.com.
    >
    > > The human thus appears to have only about twice as many genes
    > > as worm or fly. However, human genes differ in important respects
    > > from those in worm and fly. They are spread out over much larger
    > > regions of genomic DNA, and they are used to construct more
    > > alternative transcripts. This may result in perhaps five times as many
    > > primary protein products in the human as in the worm or fly.
    >
    > IOW, gene number is only a gross estimate of phenotypic complexity.
    >
    > Ciao,
    >
    > Bill
    >
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