Stormhaven
12-08-2005, 09:24 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/12/07/dog.dna.ap/index.html
Scientists decode DNA of dogs
Wednesday, December 7, 2005; Posted: 4:44 p.m. EST (21:44 GMT)
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Mankind's best friend for thousands of years is ready to teach new tricks to science.
The genetic makeup of the dog -- in this case a boxer named Tasha -- has been deciphered and should help identify genes that make both dogs and people vulnerable to cancers, heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy, blindness, deafness and even some psychiatric disorders, scientists said Wednesday.
The work is the first virtually complete decoding of the species and illuminates the blueprint that shapes everything from the smallest Chihuahua to the biggest Great Dane.
Scientists decode DNA of dogs
Wednesday, December 7, 2005; Posted: 4:44 p.m. EST (21:44 GMT)
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Mankind's best friend for thousands of years is ready to teach new tricks to science.
The genetic makeup of the dog -- in this case a boxer named Tasha -- has been deciphered and should help identify genes that make both dogs and people vulnerable to cancers, heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy, blindness, deafness and even some psychiatric disorders, scientists said Wednesday.
The work is the first virtually complete decoding of the species and illuminates the blueprint that shapes everything from the smallest Chihuahua to the biggest Great Dane.