Chimps? Bush?

Has anyone tried yet to sequence the President's DNA to determine how close he is to chimpanzees, genetically speaking, of course?

THE CHIMP: COMPLETE GENETIC MAP CONFIRMS DARWIN'S THEORY.
Scientists at MIT and Washington University, St. Louis, announced Wednesday that they have determined the precise order of the 3 billion bits of genetic code needed to make a chimpanzee. There is only a 1 percent difference from the human genetic code. But for that 1 percent, chimpanzees would have a seat in the UN. Robert Waterston, who led the Washington University team, was quoted in yesterday's Washington Post saying, "I can't imagine Darwin hoping for a stronger confirmation of his ideas."

[Robert Park, "What's New Friday September 2, 2005", What's New.]

Posted on September 2, 2005 at 14.49 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Common-Place Book, Splenetics

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