Amoebae

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Olympusman
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That last shot reminds me quite a bit of "Snoopy." Amazing that this things genome is far greater than that of the glorious human being. Ours is only about 23,000 base pairs, about the same as a chicken, less than an ear of corn. Humbling isn't it?

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Ken, I brought his up with my doctor ans his claim is that we humings are far more effieciw-nt in our DNA hannan amoeba.

Go figure. Mike
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