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7,000 more genes
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RE: 7,000 more genes
May 31, 2012 at 3:26 pm
(May 30, 2012 at 7:36 pm)Napoleon Wrote: Imagine if a human had sex with a tomato. It would give birth to a humato.

This is my son, Hue, Hue the humato. He goes great on a hamburger.
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RE: 7,000 more genes
June 1, 2012 at 1:11 pm
(May 30, 2012 at 7:36 pm)Napoleon Wrote: Imagine if a human had sex with a tomato. It would give birth to a humato.

Been done...


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RE: 7,000 more genes
June 1, 2012 at 1:21 pm
It's no big surprise. The largest genome in the animal kingdom is also not those of humans. In fact, some very small and appearently primitive and simple animals have considerably more genes then we do.

Flaws in the cell reproduction process often cause extra copies of existing genes to be made and inserted into the cell's genome. If the error happen to occur in the reproduction of cells related to the organism's own reporduction, then the extra copies of genes are passed onto the descendants. In this way, many organisms accummulated very large inventory of unused duplicate genes, giving them a superficially very large genome, although most of the genes don't actually do anything within the organism.
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RE: 7,000 more genes
June 1, 2012 at 1:30 pm
(June 1, 2012 at 1:11 pm)Stimbo Wrote:
(May 30, 2012 at 7:36 pm)Napoleon Wrote: Imagine if a human had sex with a tomato. It would give birth to a humato.

Been done...



Man, Return of the Killer Tomatoes is awesome!
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RE: 7,000 more genes
June 1, 2012 at 1:55 pm (This post was last modified: June 1, 2012 at 1:55 pm by Cyberman.)
Actually I never watched it. Saw the original one, Attack of, but never managed to track down the sequel. Mind, this was in the VHS age, so...

Anyway, I look forward to seeing the Olympic-style gymnastics as our creationist brethren attempt to rationalise this news away. Evilutionist conspiracy, anyone?
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June 1, 2012 at 1:56 pm
I saw it on a movie channel one fine afternoon. A stroke of luck really.
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