More Animals Picked for DNA Portraits
From Times Wire Reports
House cats, orangutans and elephants are among 18 species newly chosen to have their DNA sequenced, researchers said.
They will join the rat, mouse, dog and chimpanzee in the growing menagerie of animals having their genomes sequenced, the National Human Genome Research Institute said.
Now that gene sequencing technology has been perfected and accelerated, researchers plan to plow ahead with their scrutiny of animal DNA to find clues about human disease, basic biology and evolution.
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